Photos of Landslide in Hakha City

Chin State is a very mountainous region. Hakha is the capital city of the state. The city is situated on the slope of Rungtlang Mountain which is 7,500 above sea level. The soil in the city is very soft and weak easily erose

The landslides in Hakha area are one of the most destructive forces for the city of Hakha. The landslides caused loss of millions of kyat for the family.

For a norman Chin person, he may may be able to build a good house only once in his lifetime. "Lossing one house is a great loss for the family."

The following photos are taken by the Committee of Hakha Landslide in 2013. We don't have modern tools and equipments and we could not do a through survey. We would like to dig the soil deep down to find out whether there is a huge stone underneath the Hakha city but we have no tool. Therefore we took picture to collect data to calculate which areas are imminent threat from the landslide.

There was a huge crack underneath the house of this gentle man 

There are so many cracks in this area south of the Pagoda

Here the land moved down slowly toward Tongva

This ares is pretty flat but there are many cracks in this area too

The wet soil was covered to avoid the landslide

This house collapsed particall

Rev. Lal Pek Lian near the stream. The location is very closed to Carson Thlan

Human activity like road building can trigger landslide

This is happening in the vicinity of Hakha

South of Pyidawtha