Mizoram faces famine after plague of rats

March 17th, 2008 9:56 pm by RTPA

By Biswajyoti Das

SATEEK, India (Reuters) – About a million people in Mizoram are facing famine after a plague of rats ate the region’s entire paddy crop, officials and aid agencies said on Monday.

Hordes of rats have swept through the forests of Mizoram, home to just under a million tribespeople, feasting on the fruits of wild bamboo, which flowers every 48 years.

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21 Responses to “Mizoram faces famine after plague of rats”

  1. 1
    H.Vangchhia Says:

    Kan thlantlin ten an eiru zo vek tawh a, mipui tan chuan tam atlak mai loh nak ah, a pawi thin teh e.
    Pathian in a awmpui zel anga chanchin tha te pawh kan hre vat ang chu, helam subject ah pawh.

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    Thirkut Says:

    Mautam relief Non Govt Org. rinawm deuh Mizoram ah a awm em? Pawisa tlem a zawng lo donate duh ta i lang khawi ah nge ka donate theih ang? Pls takin in min hrilh theih chuan ka lawm viau ang.

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  3. 3
    Vladimir Putin Says:

    Aizawl ah hian pawl a tam viau na a, chutianga tam tanpui tura NGO an awm ka hre bik lo. Aizawlah hian mi tam ber hi chu mahni buai buaiin kan buai a, kan unaute ei leh bar lamah an harsa tih pawh kan hre bar lo anih hi. Kristmas dawna Chanmari kawn chiah cheibuai loh anih khan veng dang in thlahrung hmuh tur an awm lo tlat. Mahse Pu Vanneihtluanga hi zawt teh. Vanglaini ah article tha deuh a ziak a, anni hian a hriat loh chuan an awm lo aniang.

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  4. 4
    Huiva Says:

    Keipawh chutiang NGO an awm chuan hriat ka duh khawp mai. Kan Sawrkar kuta hlan hi chu ka ngaingam ngang lo.

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  5. 5
    kanidari Says:

    Misual ho hian kan ti ve thei dawn lawm ni… Bena or anyone of us hian han huaihawt hman seng chuan contribute duh kan tam ka ring a…anin / annin pawisa tling khawm kha tam tuar khua YMA or Kohhranah chhunluh dan lo ngaihtuah se’ng….

    misualdotcom hming or any name (Misualdotcom for Tam Tuarte..??) a ICICI bank or SBI banka account hawn khan khawi atang pawhin a deposit theih a ni lawm ni…@bmw?

    mahse RTPA a kal ve chuan nula hovin an lo bawhbuai lutuk a ngem? @myself chuan kawr thar hak tur a lei hrim2!!! hehe… Tak taka, mahni kal kher pawh a ngai nang… thawn dan tur a awm mai ang..

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  6. 6
    rema_pa Says:

    Ti duh in awm chuan tih dan kawng chu a awm. Ka intihtheihna ang zawngin lo ngai lo ula. Nikum krismas hma lawk khan thian rual pali in sum kan thawh khawm a, thingtlang khaw 4 a chhuanchham zual (kan han identify thlap), atta ring tan tawh, chu pawh a leina tur sum nei mang tawh lo te tan buhfai quintal 10 kan thawn a. A lo semdarhtu tur pawhin VC kan ring ngam silova, dawrkai rintlak tak kan chhar a, a kutah kan dah a, kg 10 te te in a lo sem mai. Tutenge kan nih erawh sawi chhuah kan phal lova, krismas ah buhfai ei tur an nei tih kan han hria chu! Leh a dawng thenkhat phei chu an lawm lutuk a, a semtu hnenah hian tutenge kan nih an lo zawt nasa mai a. “Hmingneilo ho chu Pathian hmingin lawmthu min lo hrilh dawn nia” te an ti tawp! 2007 krismas kha ka rilru hlim ber tum ani awm e!!

    Tunah hian thian rual hova tih leh kan tum mek a. Keimahni ang tho hian a rukin thian rual hma la an awm nual bawk. Pi.Dinpuii, Laipuitlang ami te khian an bei nasa khawp a, a mobile number ka nei a, ka han ti lang tawp mai ange (min hrethiam em ang chu!) – 09436142890. Zawt tawp ula, a tih dan kawng a hre em em ang.

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    Vladimir Putin Says:

    Rema_pa, In va ti lawmawm ve. kanidari, Account in hawn chuan bank details (Swift Code) leh address, etc rawn sawi tel ula, theih ang tawk kan thawh khawm dawn nia.

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  8. 8
    laimi Says:

    A tha ngawt ang, misualcomer ho pawhin a thu mai ni tawh lovin a tak a kan vei tih kan lan tir theitawh a nga, hma kan lak chhawuhzelna tur a bul kan tan na a ni ngei ang..

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  9. 9
    myself Says:

    a pawi teh hlauh mange aw!! hei hi a khaw hming te leh mihring tram zat te hmuh theih na a awm em le?………….tun ah March thla lai hawl kan thleng tawh a, Fur ruah tui tam hma a tih tur awm ang ang chu tih vat vat a hun tawh fu in a lang ani!!

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  10. 10
    benjamin Says:

    “No one dies of starvation in Mizoram”

    – Mizoram Govt
    https://www.newsonair.com/news......8;id=ST420

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  11. 11
    Thirkut Says:

    @rema_pa. A lawm awm khawp mai. But organisation deuh kher a ni ka zawn. Organisation chhe te pawh ni se.

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  12. 12
    dumput Says:

    rema_pa,i no pek ah khian ka ph a mahse a in switch off tlat zel a ,option dang te awm em?.Thawh tam tur em em zawng ka nei hauh lova mahse tlem te tal poh pek ka duh ve ltk!!!organization kher pawh ka duh chuang lo

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  13. 13
    Huiva Says:

    “No one dies of starvation in Mizoram”

    – Mizoram Govt

    Tam avanga thi an awm kher ami kan Sawrkar hian a nghah dawn a? Thingtlang lamah namen lovin an tuar mek a, eitur mumal pawh nei lo chhungkaw tam tak an awm tawh a, heti chung pawh a an beng an la chhi ngawng tlat hi chu a hahthlak teh e.

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  14. 14
    Vladimir Putin Says:

    Pakhat pawh tam vangin thi sela kei chuan Mizoram sorkar tihhlum tlukin ka ngai ang, BAFFACOS sum eiru tute zawng zawng tiamin.

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  15. 15
    Thirkut Says:

    Good point anonymous. Dik chiah.

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  16. 16
    ZerO Says:

    Report hi a over hret nih hi. Sateek atangin a lo report ni maw. Tam tuar chu kan awm ngei mai. Mahse, tuna a lan dan chuan an tam lo. Sa rate (vawk sa, ar sa) a kai thur thur a, kan la inchuh thei reng mai hian ngaihtuah a ti tam.

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  17. 17
    kanidari Says:

    Ni e… mahse Vawksa leh Arsa te chu District headquarters ah bak an inchuh ka ring lo ve tlat!! Chu pawh a bikin Aizawl, Lunglei leh Saiha ah…

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  18. 18
    rema_pa Says:

    To – Thirkut & Dumput:
    Pi.Dinpuii hi a biak theih lawk loh chhan chu khawthlang lamah an lo zin leh hman a, vawiin chuan Aizawl ah a awm toh e. Tih tur a tam hle ani awm e. Chennai lam atangin zawhna hemi chungchang hi a dawng a, tih dan tur tha ber a hre mai lo. A thian thenkhat te chuan a sum faiin an pe tawp a, chumi hmang chuan tanpuina an pe chhuak mai thin ani awm e. Account thlap ani a, mahse hming tih lan duh lo an awm chuan anonymous talin an record thin tih a sawi. Account hran hawn dan te dap an tum deuh ani awm e. Fur a lo thleng chho anga, a zual nasa dawn lehnghal nen. Kan tran tlan theuh theih chuan tih dan a awm ang. A no ngai tho – 9436142890 ah lo enquire leh ta che u. Tin, organisation awm neuh neuh chu an awm a, mahse ka la doubtful hlawm deuh tlat ani.

    Cherhlun lam atang pawh khan vehbur khawnin Aizawl an rawn kal tak tak a, a khua pawh khi kan tanpui ve zingah a tel ( ka rawn tarlan kha). Kan neihin a tlin tawk loh vangin kan duh anga tam kan pe mai thei lo ani! Kan dam anga “TUMAH RILTAMIN AN THI TUR ANI LO”. Nang leh kei kan awm alawm – LONG LIVE MIZORAM!!!!

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    dumput Says:

    rema_pa ka be pawp thei ta e thanks!!Mitin hian theih tawp i chhuah ang u hmiang!!an mang ang tak zet a hei bak a puih theih na chance a vang sia kan thingtlang lo nei mi te hi.

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    blackmagicwoman Says:

    Keichu ka chhungte ka thawn a, chuan tram tuar tanpuina show an siam in organisers te ho an lo pe mai.

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  21. 21
    ZerO Says:

    “About a million people in Mizoram are facing famine”…. This is Reuters!!!! Mizoram population is hardly a million.

    Aizawlah nuai 2 chuang kan awm a, District capitala awmte chhutin 50% vel Rural (Thingtlang) ah kan awm (?) Tun dinhmuhah chuan 10,000 bak tam tuar kan awm lo ang. Mautam vang pawh ni lo, mautam hma atanga rethei kan awm ve bawk a.

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