Narinjara News
Authority Loots Local
Farms for Modern Villages
The Burmese authority has
confiscated several acres of farms from local farmers. The confiscated land
will be used for new settlers in the government's 'modern villages' that are
being set up in the northwestern area of
The farms confiscated by authority are
located near the modern villages, most are from the villages of Zaydi Byin, Athet
Nanra, Aut Nanra, Chuk Byin,
Chin Wra, Thein Daung, Kyauk Ran, Tha Pree Daw.
Currently, the farms are being re-allocated
to new settlers in the modern villages, for cultivation to begin with the rainy
season.
According to local sources, the new families
did not have anything when they came to the modern villages from
All the property which now belongs to the
modern villagers had been confiscated by the authorities from the locals, a
local farmer said.
The authority has recently set up 3 modern
villages, Paduck Myine, Mala Myine, and Tha Zin Myine with about 100
families settling in each village. The villages are in the foothills of the the Mayu mountains, the
westernmost mountain range of
The modern villagers are from
The current military government is setting up
the modern villages in northern Arakan under the
'Border Development Program'. According to one analyst, local people believe
the program will bring Burman culture to dominate in Arakan
state, and that the program is being carried out to increase the number of Burmans in relation to the Arakanese
population.
In three northern towns of Arakan state, Rathidaung, Buthidaung, and Maungdaw, there
are over 30 modern villages that have been built since 1990. #
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