Posts Tagged ‘mautam’

These men are trying to protect their field by beating the rats with sticks. See more photos here (Open at GFA website). Bamboo is normally a steady source of food for people in Southeast Asia. But part of the bamboo plant's natural growing cycle has caused parts of the region to be overrun ... Full story

Mawta Famine Relief Committee (MFRC) will hold 5-day conference at Tipa V (Tuipang V) town in Siaha (Saiha) District, South Mizoram for Mawta Famine victims in Chin State, Myanmar from January 17-21 this new year. During this conference, various issues related to famine caused by mawta/mautam phenomenon will be discussed and a review of the past works carried out by MFRC ... Full story

NEW DELHI, Dec 22 – The Government of India sanctioned Rs 78.97 crore to Mizoram and Manipur, two of the worst-affected States, to fight the menace of rodent. The amount is in addition to Rs 85 crore sanctioned by New Delhi under a special action plan to tackle bamboo flowering. The State Governments of Mizoram in the month of May 2007 and February this year petitioned the ... Full story

AIZAWL: It was a concert for a cause — to help the famine victims of Mizoram. Famous singer Lou Majaw’s band Great Society, 4th Element, Felix Ranee and the students of Mizo Modern Higher Secondary School, Shillong, sang for the Mizos affected by mautam (famine) caused by bamboo flowering, at a concert here last evening. Full story

Aizawl | September 10 : Mizoram’s Food & Civil Supplies Minister K Sangthuama has claimed that his department has received no report of famine in the state and also that an angry mob had gathered in the streets of Aizawl to show their grievances over the government for its failure to battle the famine. This is contrary to Media reports of a ‘Mautam’ (famine) in Mizoram state. Full story

Khonumthung News, September 1, 2008 - The Country Agency for Rural Development in Myanmar, a NGO based in Rangoon, former capital of Burma has said that the report of the Chin National Council claiming that 44 children died of food shortage in remote areas of Thangtlang Township in Chin state was incorrect. "The information that 44 children died of food crisis in Chin state by the ... Full story

Khonumthung News, August 21 - The World Food Program is to organize a follow up meeting on the food crisis in Chin state at the UNDP meeting hall in Rangoon, Burma on August 25. Full story

Khonumthung News( August 5, 2008) - The first ever meeting to discuss the food crisis in Chin state in Burma is going to be held in the World Food Program (WFP) head-office in Rangoon, former capital of Burma on Wednesday. Full story

Kohima, May 9: The Nagaland government has appealed to its employees, ministers and legislators to extend help to Mizoram, struck by famine following bamboo flowering. Full story

AIZAWL: Mizoram government is distributing paddy seeds free of costs to rural farmers through district administrations of all the eight districts as majority of the farmers lost all their crops due to Mautam or gregarious bamboo flowering last year. Full story