MAUTAAM

Lamka Jan.28:CCpur Dist sung a Mautaam Relief antang hunkhop Lamka hongtung ta a, Singngat area a Mautaam kialpi thuak innkuan 4006 te ading in relief antang truck 10, quintal 1230 tuni sunnung dak 2:30 in Sumant Singh, IAS DC/ CCpur in khahkhia (flag off) hi. Mautaam relief antang te ahihleh Kangkap centre a khua 4 ading in quintal 432, Suangphuh centre a khua 5 ading in quintal 208, Hiangmual centre a khua 10 te ading in quintal 361 leh Hiangtam “K” centre a khua 4 ading in quintal 170 hi’n thutut kingah hi. Antang puakman ding ahihleh ngaihtuah theih dandan a kaih khop hi’n kigen a, Govt in transportation charge apiak hun a re-embarse hiding in kigen hi. Tunia kipawkhia quintal 1230 ahihleh 1st phase hi’n kigen a, tunung sawtlou in Thanlon area ading antang quintal 1173.40 leh Henglep area ading quintal 1520 Lamka apan puak khiak hiding in kigen hi.

Source: Manipur Express

Kial panpihna anntang DC in khakhia
State sorkar in anntang puakman Hausate liausak

LAMKA, Jan. 28 Centre Government apat Churachandpur dstrict a mautaam kial panpihna ding anntang hong tung panpan a, Singngat Sub-Division sung a Ist. Phase a hawm di’n tuni sunnung dak 2:30 in Sumant Singh IAS, DC/CCpur in khakhia a SDO/Singngat office staff-te’n zui uhi. FCS godown apat truck 10 in mautaam kial panpihna anntang quintal 1230 pawkhia a, Kangkap Centre in a huap khua 4 a di’n Tuima ah quintal 432 khiak hiding hi. Huai banah, Suangphuh Centre in a huap khua 4 a di’n quintal 208, Hiangmual Centre in a huap khua 10 a di’n quintal 361 leh Hiangtam (K) Centre in a huap khua 4 a di’n quintal 170 puakkhiak in om hi.

Mautaam kial panpihna Ist phase ah Thanlon Sub-Division in anntang quintal 1173.40 tang ding a, Henglep Sub-Division in quintal 1520 tang ding hi.

Tuabangkal ah, tuni a mautaam kial panpihna anntang hawm dia puakkhiak a om toh kisai in COMFA in thusuah bawl hi. COMFA thusuak dungzui in, hiai kial panpihna anntang puakna ah Churachandpur godown tan tunna dia sen-le-pan teng FCI in sivek mahleh Churachandpur godown apat kial thuak taktakte kiang puak tunna dia sen-le-pan ding teng state sorkar in Hausate leh Village Authority-te khut a a ngansiah mawk pen COMFA in lamdangsa mahmah hi. Churachandpur godown apat hiai kial panpihna anntangte puak man ding state sorkar in a piaklouh ziak in Hausate leh Village Authority tamtakte’n buaina leh haksatna nasatak tuak uhi.

Sorkar official-te gendan COMFA thusuak in a taklatna ah, relief fund hong paite lak ah “Cash component” Rs. 2.58 crore DRDA fund ah deposit zohsa himahleh, tunitan “encashment” bawl nailou uhi. “Technical procedure” mansiangloupi a a kisaipih thuneitute’n Singngat bial a kial panpihna ding anntang puakkhiak dia thu a piak uh COMFA in lamdangsa mahmah ahihdan leng thusuak in taklang hi. Minautang tampite haksatna dawnzangkhai dia Government in panla dia lametna lianpi kawmkal a hichibang thiltung pen a kisaipih thuneitute’n leng a ngaihtuah thak uh poimoh mahmah hi’n COMFA in gen hi.

India gamsung mun tuamtuam a “Natural Calamity” a tunna a hichibang thil kilawmlou a om lam theih hikei mahleh Zosuante lak a hichibang thiltung pen COMFA in kideidanna hidan a ngaihdan nei hi’n leng thusuak in taklang hi.

Huai banah, kial panpihna anntang puakkhiak a omte kial thuakte’n a tan ding bangbang ua a tan uh deih thu COMFA in a taklat banah hiai toh kisai a enkai dia seh a omte’n leng siangthou leh diktattak a paisak a enkai di’n leng COMFA in ngen hi.

Source: Lamka Post

Jan 28, 2009 (DVB)–Food shortages faced by local people in Tunzan district, northern Chin state, are being exacerbated by the Indian military’s blockade of Kathe rebels, according to a local human rights organisation.

Residents of Chin state have been facing a food crisis due to the mass blossoming of bamboo flowers and an explosion in the rat population. Min Thang Nga of the Zomi Human Rights Foundation said the rats were eating bamboo seeds and also attacking rice crops. “They continue to face the threat of starvation because of the rats,” he said. “They are running out of rice; by March, they will be in dire straits.” Local people are struggling to find enough to eat and are reliant on being able to cross the border to India, which has been made increasingly difficult by the Indian troops’ operation. But the rebels targeted by the Indian blockade have not been affected by food shortages and have maintained a good relationship with State Peace and Development Council officers. “The police and soldiers have to depend on the Kathe rebels for everything from cooking oil to onions, split yellow beans,” Min Thang Nga said. “For example, if they want to drink alcohol, the Kathe will provide whatever they want. From the police to the general administrator, they all have to depend on them.” The World Food Programme, the United Nations Development Programme and local non-governmental organisations have been working to help people affected by the food crisis in Chin state, but there has been no concerted assistance effort by the Burmese government.

Reporting by Khin Maung Soe Min

SOURCE

Office of the
COMMITTEE ON MAUTAAM FAMINE AID (COMFA)
LAMKA, MANIPUR

 Press Release
The 24 January, 2008

I biak Pathian in tuni chaing dong hon huai a hon kepna te ziakin kum 2009 damtak in a hon muhsak nawn ziak in amah min i phat hi. Huai ban in Committee on Mautam Famine Aid in kuapeuhmah Kum 2009 Chibai ka hon buuk uh hi.

Globalisation kinohtak kal ah ei Zosuan/Zonahthlak te tenna a dung leh vai ah Mau te hong pak in, a gahte Zusa in ne in Kial nasatak in a hon tuum hi. Hiai kial douna ding in ZEPEDA, CDSU, MHJU leh NGOs tuamtuam in pan hon la in amaute documentte banah COMFA in field survey amun mahmah a bawl in tuate pansan in Public Mobilisation nei in, mimal, saptuam, NGOs, India sung leh India  pawlam apan in  sisan laiguizom pih te ading a pan hon lak nate uh a thawn in hon siamtu I Biak Pathian in a koih kei ding chih i lametna uh ahi. I Laisiangthou in “Pia un la, huchi in piak in na om ding uh” achih in a hon muchian sak mahmah hi.

Mipi kuapeuhmah i pankhawmna te uh ziakin i khutdawhna te uh Pathian in a thawn in a hon koih kei a, Chin State, Mizoram, Churachandpur, Kom Keirak leh Sagang ah kial panpihna i hawmzak ding a hon pia hi. Pathian min i phat hi. Kial panpihna hawmkhiakna sawng khatna nisim 13/11/08 in kinei hi. Huaiban ah, kial panpihna phungvuhna paitou zel in, tuni tan in leng dailou lai hi.

COMFA, Delhi bang in leng hun kibichilh tak kal ah, kial thuakte ading in panpihna naaktak in dong uh chih bang i zak chiang in, I chi i sa te itna thupi hinatel e, chih hon phawksak hi. Huai ban ah, Bangalore for Mautaam Committee bang in leng kial thuakkhate ading chi in azu- aham thuak in pan hon la in India dangka Rs. 59,250.00 (fifty nine thousand two hundred and fifty) tak hon donkhia demdom zel uhi. Huai ban nawn ah, COC Mizoram bang in leng kial panpihna ding in Rs. 10,000.00 bang online Bank Account ah hon khak nawn leuleu zel uhi. Hiai te tengteng a thawn in a omkei ding chi hi thei hi.

Huailou in Zogam.com in leng Mautam kial thuakte panpihna ding in Rs. 3,000 val tak hon pia uh a, Foundation School in leng Rs. 6,000 ban ah, Assam Rifle te’n leng Rs. 5,000 nisim 14/11/08 in hon pia uhi. Huai lou in KSO General Headquarter in leng thupitak in kial panpihna ding hon pia uh a, Kolkata a Zosuan omte’n leng puansilh niikten cartoon li (4) hon thon tou uhi.

Tua atung a kigente ban ah , gelhkhiak khak louh a omte ziak in i chipih ten a kiningching ding hikei mah leh, amau adia kipiate a tan ding bangbang uh a tan theih ngeina ding un COMFA in leng pan a laktouh ngei i lamen hi. Hiai bang a i panlak semsem nate uh ziak in COMFA in noute tungah mimal mal a kipahthu hon kigenthei lou ahihman in, hiai news te tungtawn in kipahthu ka hon gen uh hi.

Atawpna pen dingin, ZEPADA te pan hahlakna ziakin, GOI in Mautam kial panpihna ding in Rs. 7 crore vel hon piakna lakah Rs. 4.42 crores antang man ding in District Administration in FCI kiangah nisim 5/12/08 in piakhia hi. Himahleh, tunitan in antang Truak 3 kia hong tungpan hi. A hong tung nailou antang te a kinthei lam a thuneitu ten a hon tut uh i deih mahmah hi. Kial antang te a  kisaikhakpih thuneitu ten a thuaktute kianga a tut ngei uh COMFA in a lamet leh a ngetna ahi.

Issued by:

Sd/-
Information and Publicity Department
Committee On Mautaam Famine Aid
Lamka, Manipur

(Hope For The Zomis)

Hun leh nite kidangzel in Zosuante tuallenna gam leitang leh bouruak melpuakdan leng hong kikheng zel hi. Zolei silpakte etlawm sa a, zaila tanpha a ina awihpih zel ahihhang in Maupak pentak zaw manglam natawm in leng mankha kholkei mai le ichihlaitak in, kingeina seh chih omtheilou leh mullithuai tuntun khop a huaisia; a livei na di’n (khenkhatte suidan in) etlawm mualkuam zolei ah kisuanglah hetlou in ‘MAUTAAM’ hong zintung (Unwelcomed Guest) petmah nawn tel a! Tamaizen! Meizial uau, chi a nawlkhin theihhileh ‘meital zen in aw’ chih uthuai hinatel e! Oh, My God! Nahtang toulawk kanek ziak hiam, manta khalgah?? Numei leh naupangte apataugawp ua, ‘A KEI LE TUH KAHI THOU A,’ Bang lohta di? – S.O.S.!! Athuaknop deuhna ahihkhakleh zaila khat awi photni – MATE, GUAI!

Ø        Z – Zu-le-vate lamtual sai a, sabang tatna, Zolei,

Ø        E – Etlawm mualkuam patpuan bang sia, Zotate laikuang sawk ding omlou,

Ø        P – Pianpih laizom Mautaam Puldo tamsawlte loubang khual,

Ø        A – Anbang itna simthu lel a banzal sausakte, asakmin – ZEPADA hi e,

Ø        D – Dawnsuang in pallun henla, zolei kilteng zelsuak in; Sian huaina in,

Ø        A – Amizata Zovontawi te nuntakna naak hong hizel hen aw.

MAUTAAM HIPI (Epidemics) in Zosuante taikan utlou zel ahihman in ‘PAIKAN ANKUANG’ kilui theilou a, Zosuante lak ah nisim in ‘ngoithep’ kibehlap deuhdeuh hi. Zangnadopna di’n NREGS leh PDS omkei ngial le-houh laizom tamsawlte niteng in… aban kagen ngam nawn kei, chiziathuailua!! Tuabang himawk ahihman in; hikeiveh aw, gal-et thohmai a, tutmun a ‘remote control’’ lel in zaw bangmah su-kolok zou kei ni. Banghiam khat ihihtheih omding hi chih ngaihsutna, awlmohna leh muhkholhna (vision) thupitakmai toh ‘MAUTAAM KIALPI SPEEDBREAKER’ ding in ZEPADA (veina taktak nei mi bangzah hiam te ziakin) dinsuah/phuhkhiak in hong om hi. HALLELUIJAH!! ‘SPOT ENQUIRY’ poimoh ahi chi’n Video Coverage tanpha bawl hial a ‘ZODAWN TULLIM OPERATION’ honbawl taktak mai utuh zusa tengteng ‘WANTED’ kaivek mai uh hilou maw? Tuabang a panlakna tuamtuamte ziak in ‘mautaam puldo’ Zomite lungtang sunggil ah (Kimbawi’ Pa chih bangin) ‘KAWLMONG A MEIVAK’ - lam-etna thak hong tangkhia hi. KALAISAI!! Lelliang tamsawl Zosuante adia kinepna lianpi hontut ziak in, ‘Three Cheers’ for ‘ZEPADA, SOURCE OF LIVING FOR THE ZOMIS’ chisukgawp leng bang apoi lawmlawm khol dia eita maw? Ahangbel ‘KIAL’ tunna gam a ‘DAMDAWI’ hoihpen tuh ‘ANN’ ahi, chih himawk ven! ZEPADA – Zomite lametna himawk ei.

THUKALZEH: (Hiai article kon gelh na ziak ahihleh ‘ZOMI ECONOMIC PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY’ nasepna leh panlaknate hanthawnna leh huhtheihna omsun kachih man a pahtawina dan a kon gelhkhiak ahi.)

ZEPADA toh kisai igenlai in a meeng/ahiang khat kon zui zual ding. Zomi sung a lasakdan siam hunkhop tak ina om bang in sithuai hetlou musician tampi zong om hi. Tuate kipiakzohna leh laizom tamsawlte itna ziak a mun tuamtuam a om Zosuante (mimal hi’n pawlpi hitaleh) adiakkhol in Japan a omte kiphalna ziak in ZEPADA nuai a kahiang khat Committee On Mautaam Famine Aid (COMFA) te vaisaina nuai ah ZAAte makaih in artiste tuamtuamte kiphoukhiakna hun Sintawpni, 2 5th September, 2008 nitak in Lamka khopi sung tumlam pang a om Rayburn High School huangsung ah nasa deuhmai in husa thupitakmai toh buannawi nasan khu lunglung zou hial in ‘CONCERT FOR THE HUNGRY’ kizang hi. Ama hun paisa bangtan hiamsung a kialpi douna dia panlakna tuamtuam omte phawkkawm in tua nitak zet chu – concert huzap sung ah lasate lah siam deuhdeuh, mipite lah – kataresei! a lam toh lasa a kikou toh alanglang a pumdian toh Khuaibu denzaak mah bang, phurgawp zak himai. Stage lah nalh theitawp a chei mawi, International Standard himai; sound system lah chuh a pai fuh vanglak chiang in ‘98 Point Something Decibel’ tung theiphial leh kilawm, bengseng peuhmah ei! Tuabang kawmkal ah avangkim in ‘MAUTAAM PUKTAW’ hong kikou khe kiaukiau zel hi. Kialdouna ‘husa’ bel maimai sam kei e, ‘RAPTHLAK’ tak ahi. Tua nitak nana’na intuh Zodawn tullim nuai a zu-le-va ten hiai husa ziak in tomchik sung bek ‘OPERATION ALL CLEAR’ a na ‘suspend’ mai d’uam, Mataw?

Tuabel izeldim thubawl maimai eihkha aw, ataktak in bel ei concert neih hunsung ngei inleng iloulai khawng uah ihaichite a nek utoh asuksiat utoh ‘CRUSADE FOR THE HUNGRY OR OPERATION FOR THE HUNGRY’ ana neitei ve un chin, ihaichi piching nailoute nasan ana ‘RAPE’ gawp zomahlai ve un aw… Ki-awl beihni chihdi ahihkeingal leh! Ei laamtual sang a amau chetna sulnung huaise zaw maithei, A TAZENVEH! Amau lah ‘CRUSADE FOR THE HUNGRY’ eile ‘CONCERT FOR THE HUNGRY = MAUTUAM KIAL’ kituakgeih. En a la a sakthoh amau nekthoh, kua ipung zaw dia le? Tuabang himawk ei! Akuahiam demna hilou in chiamnuih thutak Mautaam Kial zangnadopna dan a ‘IMAGINARY’ kon taklat maimai ahi aw. A TELSIAM DI’N TOUPA’N THUPHA HONG PE TA HEN!

AW, ZEPADA KICHI OMLOU HILEH – ZOMI TEN CHI UHEN:

Phualpi (Central) solkar in ei a di ngoihngoih a hunsawtpi paita apan hon na sehkhiat sak uh Public Distribution System (PDS) thilte hong paizel napi a, lamkal a ‘HIJACK’ a om gige chihtel – enlah phawklou!! A deihsaktuten pezel napi a, a tangdi tuten theibanlou – ahihkeileh atheikha bel om in, genkhe utlou a ‘SILENT’ mawk ihidiam, chihthu hon pholhsuah a mipi nautang theihdia hon phoukhia kuate a mahmah de aw, ichihleh kuadang hilou in: ‘ZEPADA – HARBINGER FOR THE ZOMIS’ ichitop mai aw le, non pompih thei hia? PDS thilte bel Zodawn lam a tengte ading kia a phatuam hilou in, a phaizang zodeuh a tengte adi’n leng adongkholh tuan hetkei chih ‘thudik omsa behlap ngailou’ ahi. Zomite adia hiai PDS phattuam khiakdan bang ichigen taphet de aw – kituhbuai zen zaw omkei hang maw, chihthoh lel mai ni. News leh magazine khenkhat a hiai thu (PDS) taklat ahihnung in, pona lua, lungkimlou, phun souhsouh mawk! Koi mun ah? – TUTMUN AH! THULAK LOUH!! A thu omdan itheih khitnung ua leng nektheih suak nailou. Amipi lam leh heutu lam, kingansiah/kingengtuah huai tan ale tangpha naituan samlou – chil (saliva) bang phul gawpta! ZEPADA mah hong kipan nawn in, mipi nautang, heutu, milian leh pawl tuamtuamte tokthou in ‘KIPHINNA’ chikhat, ‘MASS EMPTY – POT – RALLY’ hon neihpih ua, - tu’n apal izou panta. ZEPADA – ‘TORCH BEARER FOR THE DOWNTRODDEN ZOMIS’ ichikhawm theita diam le?? Ahihmahlouh in, PDS pholhkhiak a om a, KIALPI douna ding a ‘FIRST AID’ kia hilou a ‘LAST AID’ tanpha leng hithei mailou ding hia, chihnophuai; ban ah TAAM in a sukkhak na munte ‘ZODAWN OPERATION’ vabawl ua, a dang le omlai in teh. Abiktakin laizom tamsawlte panpihna banzak theidi khop a ana khosathei zodeuh mite lungtang hon ‘phawnhalh (activate)’ zoh mahmah uh ken thupi sa ing ei; ‘ZEPADA, MOBILISER – THE SPIRIT OF 3 CHARITY AMONG THE ZOMIS’ ka chi thouthou laidi! ZEPADA pumphat mawk hilou in, (LST in ‘nasep tellou in ginna a si ahi’ a chi) a lunggelna te uh a sepkhiak/taksuah (realised) napen tak uh ahi ikipahpih.

Hiai KIALPI in bangtan sung hon nuai ding ahia chih itheikei a, tuni tan a mimal leh pawl tuamtuam in lam tuamtuam a pan ilaktouhnate uh leng duhthusam a chingzou naikei lai maithei hi. Hitamahleh kialpi douna ding a alampi hon zongkhia a, a suukpi douna ding hon mukhetute leh panla touzel laiding mimal, Saptuam leh pawl tuamtuamte nakpitak in iphat a, tuakawm mah in ‘ATULPI’ a pang ZEPADAte zahtakna ‘SALAAM’ ka pia hi. Hun, sum-le-pai, tha-le-zung leh ngaihtuahna tampi sengkhinta unteh; theihpih kei hang. Ahizongin ‘MAUTAAM PULDO’ Zosuante humbitna ding leh tundingnawnna ding a a ‘contribution’ uh ‘ZOMITE HISTORY’ ah gelhlut ahihlouhtawp inleng belhlut (attached) bek hi teitei ding in ngaihsun bilbel ing. Thamlou-in, tuabang a senna-panna ana neih khakte uh leng Pathian in ‘KOIHDAP (hush up)’ mawk kenteh; ‘blessing in disguise’ hizawlai khading hi. Ahangbel pianpih laizomte itna nasep ichih pen Pathian kipahna himawk ven. Mautaam kialdouna nasep ichih pen laizomte itna himah sam lou dia??

 ZEPADAte sulnung genkhaklouh tampi a om laiding; tuate lungsim a phawkkawm in, atawpna di’n, ‘mautaam hipi’ thuak Zosuante panpih theiding a, anahithei zodeuhte hanthawn leh makaih, mimal, heutu, Saptuam leh pawlpi tuamtuamte zahtakna lianpi ka pia hi. Khut kilen a apoimoh bang a banzak theizel ding in Pathian in hon vualzawl chiat leh chih ka thumna ahi. Hiai KIALPI ziakin Zomite lak ah kipumkhatna hoihsem leh kiptak hong tung henla, tuabang a panla theizel di’n Pathian in hon ompih chiat leh ka chi sawnsawn lai hi. Abiktakin khentuam neilou a panpihna nna theitawp a sem, ‘ZEPADA – MISSIONARY TO THE HUNGRY ZOMIS’ chih minphatna (title) toh thukhitna kabawl hi.

                         (A val, adiklou genkhak a om leh – NGAIHDAM).

TOUPA’ THUPHA – ZEPADA MAH MAH!!

 
Contributed by:
G. Liankhanlal
Zion Veng, New Lamka

Kum 50 hal zel a tung sek Mautaam in i gam hon nawkta chih pen gen leng chimtak huai gawp in kilangta a, himahleh, a loutheilou in genzel hong ngai mai hi. Christmas leh kumthak lopna te Lamka zang ah thupitak in zou mah le hang, singtanglam ah bangchi bang a Christmas leh kumthak lawm uhiam chih report pen mimal chih hikei mah leh tamtak in i zak ngei uh gintak huai hi. Manipur Hills Journalist Union in leng Mautam tungtang ngentel tak in study leh survey bawl in, survey report leng bukimtak in nei uhi. 2005 kum in Mizoram State Government in patauh huaisa in kialpi douna ding in pan naktak in ana khoh ua, centre Government tanpha ah tailut in, Ministry of Food and Civil Supply leh Agriculture and Forest Ministry te ah palai kisawl lut in fund tamtak ana kaikheta uhi.

Tua thamlou in, Mizoram State Government in pan naktak in la ua, lou a buh le bal nesia zu sa that ding in mipite hanthawn in, zusa mei khat Re 1 in lei ziahziah ua, 2008 apan in zusa mei khat Rs 2 in lei ziahziah nawn ua, 2008 kum tawp lam apan in meikhat ah Rs 5 in lei uhi. Mautaam in Mizoram chauh nawk kha lou in Manipur simbial lam (Churachandpur District) leng a nawk baan ding chih 2006 kum vel in gen in hong om hi.

Zomi Economic Planning And Development Agency (ZEPADA) pan lakna tungtawn in 2006 kum in beihpi na khat om a, Churachandpur in Public Distribution System tungtawn a hong paiding antang, chini, khawnvak tui leh adangdang bangchi hiam chih dotna Government ah hon bawl uhi. ZEPADA in New Delhi leh mun tuamtuam phakual in mi poimawh tuamtuam te ban muh in, Dimapur apan Manipur leh Churachandpur adia antang ki sanction khete hon pholhkhia ua, state Government leh mipi palaite ading in zahlakna liantak hong tung hi.

Helpawlte leng naktak in ana kigolh ua, Churachandpur District in a tang ding uh antang tamtak Sangaiprou godown apan mangthang chih te muhsuah in hong om a, lungkimlouh lahna in Lamka khawpi sung ah numeite’n bel hawm pawkawm in kiphinna thupitak nei ua, um le bel nei mah le uh a huan ding uh anntang om lou ahi chih taklatna nei uh ahi pen mai hi. Tuabang dinmun a i om lai un, anntang te hong pai hoih deuh a theih in om a, 2007 malam a antang, khawnvaktui leh chini te koilam tung hiam chih bel kuaman buaipih man nawn vetlou suak in, maban ah bangchi leh antang kimu theiding hiam chih ngaihtuahna lel kineita hi.

Hiai tan i tung nung in patauhna thawm CDSU, ZSF leh adangdang in naktak a a tangkoupih lai in State Government in tuni tan a langtang a a hon panpihna uh muhding bangzah hiam omta mah leh kisam lai hi a theih in om hi. MHJU survey dungzui in mautaam tung petmah hi ta a, buh tin 3 tuh te’n tin 3 mah khawng la lel ahih na ah, i maban uh lungkham huai mahmah hi. Guite Road, Thanlon bial leh Tipaimukh bial ah kua’ teng ann ngawl a om ta ding ua chih theih hak mahmah hi. Mizoram Government in Sub Divisional Headquarters teng ah godown koih in a, antang sang tamtak stock sa in koih ta a, huai leng deihkhop huailou sak ziak in, Centre Government ah tawlnga manlou in diangdiang lai uhi. Eilak ah FCS Godown om sun nasan leng antang a dim in om ngeilou himhim a, tuni tan pha FCI godown melmuh ding om nailou lai hi.

2009 i kaitou ta a, gilkial a i puuksih ding in hon ngak ahita diam chih ut huai hi.

Ahihziak in CCpur District apan in mipi palai (MLA) 6 i nei ua, kuamah mautam thuak a i sih uh gintak huailou a, lungmuanna khat ki neiveve hi. Mautam ziak a sihna i chih chiangin gilkial vungvung a sihna hikhollou maithei a, mautam ziak a nekdingneilou a, gawtuai, vaimiim leh thil dangdang nekziak in taksa lam ah chauhna om thei ahihman in, damtheihna kong ah leng pan naktak a lak ngaiding chihna suak hi. Huchih lai in, Mipi palai dia i telching te uh panlak dan tuasang in thupi zawsem leh chi thei mi tamtak om a, antang, sum le pai ban ah, puansilh niikten Centre leh State Government ah tamsem hon kai khethei lai le uh chih ki gen tam mahmah hi. Maban ah Manipur Budget session hong om ngeiding a, huai hun chiang in combating famine chih genkhak ahong hih ngei i lam en  ua huchi ahih kei leh mipite kialpi thuak in buai se petmahta ding un kilang hi. MLA 6 i neihten Hill Areas Committee tungtawn a chialpi nasatak hon bawl uhenla, Government bil hon heek puak ek le uh chih lunggulh huai mahmah hi. ZEPADA te makaih in kiphinna tuamtuam a om ta a, COMFA panlakna tawh mipite lak ah panpihna in Rs 10 lakh phial donkhiak hita a, Government lam in leng panpihna hon piakte uh hunsa mailou in naksem in hong kisuuk lai le uh chih deih huai mahmah hi. Christmas leh Kumthak lopna ineih zawh toh kiton in Mautam thawm hong dai bangsim in kilang a, mautam pen a kipan dek taktak hizaw hi.

 Manipur Express | January 9, 2009

Imphal, January 04 2008: EVEN THOUGH centre sanctioned Rs 16.67 for Manipur against a demand for Rs 50.02 crore, to fight the menace of rodent in the wake of bamboo flowering, over 1 lakh affected villagers of Churachandpur district are yet to get the relief materials due to economic blockade on NH 39 besides lack of state government’s initiative.

“I don’t know why this happens here” K Moi, secretary of Zomi Economic Planning and Development Agency (ZEPADA),a Churachandpur based pressure group also actively involved in initiation of collection and redistribution of the relief materials said.

“We’re told that DC had deposited the required amount to FCI, but no supply reaches the district till date” Secretary, ZEPADA informed.

As per state Chief Secretary Rakesh’s October 20,2008 directive to concerned DCs of Churachandpur, Chandel and Tamenglong districts to deposit necessary funds for the release of rice to Food Corporation of India(FCI), Churachandpur DC Sumant Singh deposited a sum of Rs 4,42,62,360 on December 6 last year.

FCI officials here when contacted,confirmed the receipt of the amount.

However the amount deposited to FCI could procure rice for four months only starting December 2008 till March this year at the rate of Rs 1698.90p per quintal (Rs 16 per kg), the offcials claimed and added in case of Churachandpur district, it could procure only about 6513 quintals of rice.

Mention may be made here that following centre’s directive,FCI is all set to provide additional supply of 1500 metric tones of rice for the famine hit districts of Manipur including 800 metric tones quota for Churachandpur,500 metric tones for Tamenglong and 200 metric tones for Chandel.

“However we couldn’t t bring the rice from Dimapur godown due to the ongoing economic blockade on NH 39 by various organizations” an FCI official told this reporter here.”Besides we couldn’t even collect it from Silchar godown as well via NH 53 due to unavailability of stock there”he added.

Above all the state authority is also not ready to provide security escorts for the FCI trucks,the FCI official lamented.

As per State Level Calamity Relief Fund Committee meeting,out of Rs 16.67 crores a total of Rs.6.47 crores had been sanctioned for agriculture input subsidy for Chandel, Churachandpur and Tamenglong districts which includes an amount of Rs.2,78,41,218 as agricultural input subsidy for Churachandpur district where 13,920.609 hectares with 1,03,558 persons from 14,307 families in 264 villages in the district bordering Myanmar were recorded affected by famine (or Mautaam in local parlance) due to bamboo flowering.

According to ZEPADA, so far only about 4,500 quintals of rice to the affected village against the requirement of over 10,000 quintals.

Manipur Hills Journalist Union, a conglomerate of working journalists based in Churachandpur in particular in one it’s survey conducted last year discovered that NREGS (National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme) in Churachandpur plays a vital role as immediate measures for the affected villagers.

Interestingly bamboo grows wild in 3691.77 sq km of Manipur’s total geographical area of 22,327 sq km.

Mautaam occurs within an interval of 48 50 years.

The previous mautaam occurs in 1958-59, affecting the same geographical area.

Unlike Manipur, neighbouring Mizoram which was given Rs 12.93 crore in the first installment followed by another amount of Rs 49.37 crore reportedly received the relief materials in time.

The amount is in addition to Rs 85 crore sanctioned by New Delhi under a special action plan to tackle bamboo flowering,reports reaching here said.

Source: Hueiyen News Service / Sobhapati Samom

Contact: Taun Cortado, Gospel for Asia, 972-300-3120

CHIN, Myanmar, Jan. 3 /Christian Newswire/ — Bamboo is normally a steady source of food for people in Southeast Asia. But part of the bamboo plant’s natural growing cycle has caused parts of the region to be overrun with rats, which has caused a famine in the small country of Myanmar (Burma). At least 40 children have died, and more than 100,000 are living on the brink of starvation because of this crisis.

Photo: These men are trying to protect their field by beating the rats with sticks.

The events that led to the famine began in September 2007, when the bamboo plants began blooming and producing fruit, an event that happens only once every 50 years. The rats eat the fruit, which increases their fertility and greatly multiplies their birthrate. Once the rats have finished eating the bamboo plants, they plow their way through other fields, devouring grain, corn and rice. The rats even dig up and eat the seeds farmers have planted in the ground.

The twice-a-century event is called a “mautam.” “Mau” is the Burmese word for bamboo and “tam” means famine.

Gospel for Asia missionary Kyetipat Maung reports that people have resorted to eating the only thing there is an abundance of–the rats themselves.

“My family normally eats rice, but the rats have destroyed everything we had, and the only things left are the rats and wild potatoes for our family,” said Gway Win, a man who lives in the same village as Kyetipat. “We catch more than 50 rats every day, and we eat the rat meat for survival.”

The rat infestation is most severe in Myanmar’s Chin state, at its western border with India. Kyetipat reports that 79 villages are directly affected by the famine. In the five worst-hit districts, no food has been harvested for a full year. The crisis has resulted in a myriad of related health problems, including malaria, typhoid, diarrhea and skin problems.

Schools in the area are even closed as a result.

“The students are out searching for vegetables and fruits in the jungle,” a local teacher explained.

Many people have left their villages and gone to neighboring India, where the crisis has not had such a tragic effect. Although the bamboo bloom occurs in India, the government has programs in place to protect the crops and stop the proliferation of rats. There are only scattered reports of major rat infestations in India, mostly in the state of Manipur at the India-Myanmar border.

Adding to the problem in Myanmar is the ruling junta’s refusal to distribute aid to the affected people. There are reports that officials intercept food donations and resell them at more than twice their pre-famine value.

GFA missionaries, like Kyetipat, are doing all they can to help, from distributing food to killing rats. They are able to help because they already live and work in the affected areas, whereas the government bans aid workers from outside organizations.

This mautam is much worse than the previous event. The last time the bamboo bloomed, in the late 1950s, it only lasted a few months. This time, the plants have bloomed in stages over a 15-month period, which has extended the misery.

Kyetipat and the other missionaries in this area ask for the publics fervent prayer for the people in Chin, Myanmar.

Gospel for Asia

http://www.gfa.org/rats-causing-famine-in-myanmar

Kuki Students’ Organisation (KSO) Imphal Branch te’n tuni’n Committee on Mautaam Famine Aid (COMFA) te khut ah mautam panpihna ding in antang bag 9, chini (sugar) bag 1 leh nikte’n, puansilh hunkhop leh sum Rs.1432/- Lamka ah honpua uh a, tuni nitaklam dak 3:30 in COMFA Secretary Siamzading Valte khut ah ah P.Simte, President KSO Gen.Hqrts tungtawn in pekhia uhi. KSO makaite agendan un KSO/ Imphal Branch te’n Christmas ni in mipite an nekval tamtak om te amuh un, Mautaam kial thuak a gilkial, dangtakte phawkkhia uh ahihdan gen ua, Imphal ah mipi kiphalte lak apan van tuamtuam kaikhawm in COMFA te khut ah piak ding a thupukna bawl uh ahihdan gen uhi.

Source: Manipur Express