The torrential monsoon rains in Hakha triggered the most destructive and dangerous landslides around the capital city of the Chin State. This natural disaster is the most destructive and dangerous one in the entire Chin History. Landslides cut destroyed and blocked many roads going to Hakha. Therefore a lot of the town people had shortage of foods. In one point about 15,000 people were evacuated to safety said by one local resident.
About 300 houses had been destroyed and many houses were damaged and over 2,000 people were evacuated. 196 house at Old Hahkha Block, 69 houses at Ketheibo Block and 16 houses at Dawrthar Block were destroyed. Over 2600 people were displaced to a safer area of town. The soils in Hakha city is very soft. When it is wet it is very weak and the entire city is crack and ready to slide any time.
Pre. Thein Sein annouced "emergency on three states and divisions myanmar on July 31.
Public fasting prayer were held at Vomtumawng Certual for days where relief and rescue efforts were carried out by firefighters and individual. The military borrowed 500 bags of rice to the victims. Myanmar vice-President U Ngun Tun visited Hakha on August 2 and met with the local leaders at Carson Baptist Church, Hakha and he promised the people that military helicoper from Gangaw will bring rice supplies immediately.
There are also 580 houses were flooded and 32 houses were destroyed by Cyclone Komen and more than 3,000 people were evacuated in Paletwa city in the soutern part of Chin State.
Vice Pre. U Ngun Tun arrived in Hakha
Refugees of natural disaster in our own city
Some celebrities came to Hakha city from Yangon and donated moneys to the victims of natural disasters.
People from Thatlang City donated 14,000,000.00 kyats to people in Hakha including 45 bags of rice recently. They also donated full load truck of vegetable and vegetables for the victims of the landslides in Hakha town.
Donations came from agency and private. Dr. Sasa, a prominent young medical doctor and the founder of Health and Hope Society donated 500 bags of rice to the victims of natural disaster in Hakha. The rice bags were purchased from Silchar, Assam State, India and will be transported to Hakha as soon as possible.
Pu Chan Hrem, member of HRC and Hakha Leimin Research Tuahnak, told me that YMCA from Mizoram State donated 500 bags of rice which already arrived in Hakha this week.
People fled to a safer place in town
