Kaladan News
Dated:
Mauungdaw,
Feb. 9: Prices of different varieties of rice have increased in a month in
different towns of
Due to short supply in markets
caused by blockages of Nasaka to bring rice to the
northern Arakan from the southern side, which is called
granary of rice, said traders.
Prices of a 50kg bag of rice have
increased from Kyat 5,000 to Kyat 7,000 in a month in Maungdaw
Townships of
The lowest price in the retail
market is about Kyat 115 per kg and the highest Kyat 150.
Rice is brought to the market of Maungdaw and Buthidaung townships
from Akyab (Sittwe), Mrauk-U, Pauktaw, Kyauktaw, Minbya towns of
The supply is lesser due to
frequent obstacles by the Nasaka. Production is also
shortfall due to flood and the most of the rice and paddy was smuggled to
Traders said the poor people have
been affected by the sudden rise; they are often out of the job due to job
crisis. The prices will not come down unless the SPDC authorities allow the
traders to purchase the rice from lower parts of
In March 2004, in
At present, the scarcity of Burmese rice at Teknaf, a border town of
On 26th January 2005,
a boat, which was carrying rice from Burma to Bangladesh, was opened fire by Nasaka at the mouth of Naf River;
which left a man wounded and 4 others missing, said Zamil
from Ann Din village of Maungdaw south.
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