TPDC and Irrigation officials ordered
each household to uproot maize plants
Independent Mon News
Agency
Township Peace and Development Council (TPDC) members and
irrigation officials of Mudon township, Mon State
forced the local villagers to uproot the maize plants in the farm land near
Sat-Thwe village grown by a group of local villagers
due to not being their liking.
These TPDC members and irrigation officials blamed the
village head man and farmers for using irrigated water in growing maize instead
of rice on their trip to Sat-Thwe village on January
3.
On that day, the village head man was ordered to gather one
person from each household and uproot the maize plants grown by Nai One and
Even Nai One farmer groups growing
maize before the dam was constructed, the village head man and villager started
uprooting maize plants by the order of TPDC members on that day.
After the village head man and villager unwillingly uprooted
the maize plants about one acre of land, they felt pity for the Nai One and
According to the villager said “no body continue uproot the maize plants
and we feel so sorry to Nai One and
Though TPDC members and
officials ordered again to continue, the villagers remained disobedient.
According to the people
who close to TPDC member said the reason for ordering to uproot the maize
plants is that the authorities had to show their superiors rice was being grown
with water irrigated from the dam when the farm were inspected by their
superiors.
Nai One,
Win Pa Non dam cannot
provide the farmers with sufficient water to be able to grow rice. In spite of
this irrigation duty was collected from the farmer since there years.
Also In the recent year,
the farmers are forced to grow summer rice in the field. But the farmer refused
to obey it due to insufficiency of water.