Myanmar: CPI Cut Our Rice Ration, Say Anti-Dam Activists

Jul 1, 2014 | Nang Mya Nadi, Democratic Voice of Burma
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Two local Kachin women, who have been involved in anti-Myitsone dam activities, say they have had their rice rations cut by China Power Investment Corporation (CPI), the Chinese backers of the Irrawaddy River  hydropower project.

Daw Jah Khawng and Daw Lu Rah, originally from Myitsone but who were relocated to Aung Myin Thar model village to make way for the mega-project, said last week that they and their families have been told by the local rice distributor that they had been struck from the list of recipients for monthly rice rations.

As part of a compensation package, displaced Myitsone villagers were reportedly pledged a rice ration of seven and a half viss (12.25 kg) of rice per head each month.