Thursday 15 August 2013

Govt to scrutinize jade mining companies in Kachin State

The government will scrutinize jade mining companies in Hpakant town of Kachin State, forbidding new companies and companies with expired licenses from operating in the jade mining business, Vice President Dr Sai Mauk Kham said on Sunday.

Dr Sai Mauk Kham told Hpakant residents that jade stone should be protected for the next generation and that the government is currently drafting a law on jade mining.

During the meeting with the Vice President, local residents submitted their complaints about rivers becoming extinct due to companies dumping soils on the river banks, flooding of the Uru Stream and bad transportation between Hpakant and Myitkyina.

Respective ministers told the residents that the government has formed a team to clean up Uru Stream and created an organisation for regional development.

Companies have been instructed to dump the soil and other waste materials 300 metres from city, villages, and streams, according to the ministers.

source: Eleven Myanmar

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