The villagers of Zanak tlang and Mara tlang areas of Thantlang Township, and Mara area of Matupi Township, Chin state, Burma are worried about getting their daily meals, given the lack of production of rice from jhum cultivation this year. The jhuming paddy was mostly destroyed by a storm as a result production has come down this year. The local people depend on jhum cultivation. Around 40 villages will be affected by the food shortage in the region. A farmer from Zanak tlang area told Khonumthung that only one village out of eleven villages of Zanak tlang area has produced…
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The special lines for supply of electricity to VIP’s in Hakha, the capital of Chin state, Burma were snapped by the local authorities since the last week of this month. The government had provided special lines to hotels, monasteries of Buddhists, army camps, civil hospitals and homes of government officials during the tenure of the military government in Burma, said a local. “Now, these lines of hotels and monasteries have been cut. The VIP lines will be removed to maintain equality in supply to public areas,” said a local. A local newspaper reported that the special lines were removed by…
A report by locals on corruption involving U Thawng Mun Mang, the Director of Matupi’s Electric Department, Chin state, Burma, was submitted to the Central Electricity Ministry of Burma this month. It is alleged that he had been collecting between 4,000 and 5,000 Kyats per month from every household in Matupi Town. The director used to hand over 5200 Kyats to the Central Electricity Ministry per month and the rest was siphoned off by him. Electricity is supplied from Namlong hydro electric power near Matupi Town, said a local. The report stated that diesel of a volume of 200 to…
Traders in domestic animals in Matupi Township, Chin state, Burma are facing extortion by the Burmese Army’s Light Infantry Battalion (LIB) No (140) based in Sabawngte village’s camp near the Indo-Burma border. Seven buffalos were seized by Major Thein Zaw Thaih, the second commander of LIB-140 with the help of six soldiers, between Sabawngpi and Sabawngte village and money was extorted on 13 November 2012. “We gave a solar plate to the soldiers costing Rs. 20,000 and a mobile phone as ransom for the buffaloes. We have been granted bail by an administrator of Sabawngte village,” said the owner of…
Rampant deforestation is taking place in several places in project areas of the Burmese government in Chin state. Teak is being felled mindlessly by workers involved in road construction sites between Nginzawl and Cehkan village of Falam Township Chin state and sold off secretly, said a local. Teak wood, the world over is expensive. “This road construction started last November and the road has been laid over only three 3 miles. Road construction workers have been cutting teak and selling to private companies “said a local from Nginzawl village. The local police at check gates are collecting between 50,000 to…
A pre instruction for the next Chin National Front (CNF)’s public consultation was conducted at the Rev. That Dun Christian Church of Matupi, the second capital of Chin State, Burma by CNF on 17 November 2012. Pu Thang Yen, in-charge of Matupi CNF’s liaison office, Pu Mang Lai, Second in-charge and James Roling participated with around one hundred local people from various blocks and leaders of Christian Churches, said Pu Mang Lai. “Different tribes of Matupi such as Matu, Mara, Zotung and Dai, attended and the meeting was conducted between 11 am and 6 pm local standard time,” said Pu…
Cultivation of marijuana locally called Ganja, has become popular in some areas of Than Tlang Township, Chin state, Burma since this year. Ganja plantations, were systematically introduced in the village jhums of Zanak Tlang area of Than Tlang by local people, said a local. “The plantations mushroomed everywhere in our areas. The local people have been planting it with paddy in jhum plantations,” said a local. Nine villages have been cultivating Marijuana in their Jhuming areas along with paddy. Most people in the area work on a shifting plantation system. The Chin state government set up a committee for countering…
The sands of Lemro River are yielding raw gold powder. The river is the second largest in Paletwa Township in Chin state. “When we break some stones on the river bank, we find spotted yellow dust inside. And we also find some gold powder in the sand, but the Chinese have taken away all of these,” said a local elder of Kophichi village. From 2009, Shwetaung Hydropower Co.Ltd, Juction Model and High Tech Company (Myanmar), China Datang Overseas Investment Co. Ltd, and Hydro China Xibei Engineering Company began building a dam, supervised by 10 Chinese engineers and a Burmese engineer.…
A road is being constructed between Matupi Town of Chin state, Burma and Bawiza area. The road will span 35 miles and is being built to promote development and provide for better communication in the region. The road will help cultivation on 400 acres of paddy fields, where the local people will become self sufficient in food. The produce will be sent along the road to Matupi town and elsewhere. “The road stretch will commence from Matupi to Tin Lawng, Lalui and Leiring villages. The road would also touch Luivang village from Bawiza areas,” said Pu Mang Lai, second in-charge…
Burmese refugees residing in New Delhi, the capital of India, will attend the Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial lecture tomorrow, which Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma’s democracy icon, will deliver. Daw Aung San Suu Kyi to be to participate in the Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial lecture at 6 pm local standard time tomorrow to be held in New Delhi’s Plenary hall, said Ko Kim. “Daw Suu will arrive today at around 10 am in New Delhi. We are preparing a bus for transportation to reach the Plenary Hall on 14 November. So, we have to proceed at 3:30 pm from Vikaspuri of…