Ethnic
armed groups are barred for forcibly use boat ferry
Independent Mon News Agency
Ferry association set a new
rule restricting the ceased-fire groups to not use boat ferry by force where
those groups always use it along Zami river, a main route in rainy season from Three-Pagoda-Pass
border town to a town in
“We do not allow cease-fire
armed groups to use boat ferries by force along the route from
Three-Pagoda-Pass– Kya-inn-seikyi. We will only allow the government officers
to use those ferries as they like,” said Mr. U Than
Win, Boat Ferry Transport Association chairperson.
“We allow them to have
special ferry, but these groups need to pay. We will reduce the price for them,
but they could pay only the price gasoline like the previous years,” he added.
He also confirms that after
the new set rule, there is no boat ferry will be used by force.
“The association also will
not allow the trader to carry their goods with their own ferries and every
trader has to transport with the association arranged ferries with the set high
price”, said a trader
“Even we belong
ferry and we are member of the association, we have to pay tax for carrying
goods and we also lose using our own boats,”
The boat ferries started in
transport of passengers and goods recently after the heavy rain and enough
water level in the river soon after the transport
along Three-Pagoda-Pass – Thanbyuzayart motor road
ceased.
A lot of passengers are
traveling on this water route by paying a high price in comparison with the
last year.
“The ferry price jumps up to 4, 000.00 Kyat
over last year price. Last year we had
to pay only 9, 000.00 Kyat per head and now it has 13, 000.00 Kyat per head
just for one way,”
Although the ferry price has
jumped up, the number of people who traveling in this
water route have not been reduced because of they have no or change other route
for transport and travel back and forth to the border, the ferry association
source said.
There are six ferry groups
involve in transport in Zami river,
and they are: Ramonya, Than Myan
Thu,
According to the Association
Chairperson said, “there are more 20 boat ferries
joined to association.” Last year this
association has about 50 ferries and now it has more than 70 ferries in
transport along the
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