Gigantic rodents attack paddy farm and stocks


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Gigantic rodents attack paddy farm and stocks

Khonumthung News
October 27, 2007.

Giant rodents have been destroying paddy farms and stocks of paddy in the poverty ridden Zomi (Chin) state, Burma, leaving the residents worried because it's a sign of famine being round the corner. Bamboo flowers bloom once in 50 years. Bamboo flowers before it dies.

Bamboo flowers and fruits have begun to bloom heralding famine in the areas like Thlungmang, Sabawngte, Sabawngpi, Darling, Lungcawi, Mala, Capaw, Lailenpi, Pintia village in Matupi township and Para village in Paletwa township in southern Zomi (Chin) state. Rats multiply when they gorge on bamboo flowers and destroy the paddy cultivated on the hillside farms and paddy stocks stored near the villages.

"They (the gigantic rats) mostly emerge and devour the paddy at night. The people therefore cannot not sleep peacefully and have to guard the farms and stocks at night", a local in Zomi (Chin) state said.

The villagers tried everything and drove out 200 rodents which were after the paddy.

Villagers in panic rushed to Burma battalions in the area when all their attempts at preventing the oversized rats from eating the paddy failed.

"The soldiers shot some rats that weighed as much as 15 kilograms. The soldiers were amazed at the size of the rats and took pictures for their record", said a local.

The crackdown on the big rats which have been relentlessly attacking farms has been in vain some village heads crossed the Indo-Burma border to Mizoram to seek way to stop rats. Mizos have the experience of tackling rats because they have faced the situation earlier.

"The rats have damaged several farms and stocks in our village, and the people are worried about food in the coming year," a villager in Para said.

The farmers in Zomi (Chin) state started harvesting paddy cultivated in farms.

The village heads and locals held emergency meetings and urged the local authorities to take effective action against the threat. So far, there is no report of the local authorities paying heed.

A delegation of villages from Zomi (Chin) state also discussed the matter with rice godown owners in Tuipang in Mizoram state.

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