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Time of India
27-05-2025
- Business
- Time of India
Lawngtlai ban on sale or purchase of land by Myanmarese, B'deshis
1 2 Aizawl: Senior revenue and settlement officer of land revenue & settlement, Lai Autonomous District Council (LADC), A Zaithanga issued a notification on Tuesday banning purchase and sale of land by foreigners from Myanmar and Bangladesh living in Lawngtlai district. The notification said the LADC administration has received information from the home affairs ministry that there is cross border influx from Myanmar and Bangladesh in Lawngtlai district as well as displaced people from both the countries taking shelter in the district. Both illegal migrants and displaced people seeking refuge are lodged in 50 relief camps within Lawngtlai district. "It has come to the knowledge of the authorities that some of the illegal migrants and displaced people (refugees) have purchased land for farming and building houses and are permanently settling in some areas. It is against the law of the land for foreigners to own lands in Indian soil. It is notified that no foreigners whether illegal migrants or refugees can own land by purchasing or acquiring my any means," Zaithanga said. Meanwhile, unofficial trade continues from Lawngtlai district to Rakhine state of Myanmar via Paletwa township in southern Chin state, sources in Lawngtlai town told TOI on Tuesday. The trade continued from May 20 despite ban on cross-border trade by the district authorities from May 16 for fear of shortage of essential items because of India-Pakistan conflict.
Time of India
22-05-2025
- Business
- Time of India
Mizoram-Myanmar border trade resumes despite official ban
Aizawl: The unofficial export of essential commodities from south Mizoram's Lawngtlai district to southern Chin state of Myanmar, through Paletwa township, has resumed after the border was sealed due to the India-Pakistan conflict. Sources in Lawngtlai said A Zaithanga, senior revenue & settlement officer of the Lai Autonomous District Council (LADC), issued a notification on May 16 ordering 'stock control' in accordance with the decision of the civil defence force meeting chaired by district deputy commissioner Cheemala Siva Gopal Reddy on May 10. The notification prohibited all trade licence holders from exporting any commodities to Myanmar until further orders, warning that any licence holders sending goods to Myanmar will be liable to be punished by cancellation of their licences. The sources said the notification was issued in the wake of the India-Pakistan conflict. The ban on export of essential items was imposed to ensure that the people of Lawngtlai district do not face any shortage of essential commodities in the event of prolonged conflict between India and Pakistan, an official in Lawngtlai said. However, trade at the Mizoram-Myanmar border resumed from Tuesday night without the official lifting of the ban, the sources said, adding that even during the ban, other goods — except food and essential items — were being exported to Myanmar's Rakhine state via southern Chin state. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like [Click Here] - 2025 Top Trending Search - Local network access Esseps Learn More Undo The main commodities exported in the border trade include fuel, edible oil, bread, chilli, GCI sheet, battery box, solar plate, furniture and other essential items. A resident of Lawngtlai town told TOI over the phone that as the trade subject is under the autonomous district council, export of goods to Rakhine state in Myanmar has been going on for years — especially after conflict between the Myanmar military junta and the Arakan Army intensified in 2023 — and the people of southern Chin state and Rakhine state could not import goods from mainland Myanmar. "The goods are transported to southern Chin state and Rakhine state in Myanmar mainly through Lungpuk village in Siaha district and Hruitezawl in Lawngtlai district by boats," he said. He added the Paletwa township, though located in southern Chin state, is under the control of the Arakan Army militants. The militants transport commodities from southern Mizoram's Siaha and Lawngtlai district to Rakhine state via Paletwa. The Tahan Post, an underground social media publication of Chin media persons, reported on Thursday the trade was resumed with understanding between the people living on both sides of the border. "Though the unofficial currency exchange rate between Indian rupee and Myanmarese Kyat is highly imbalanced, those having money have no problem in importing goods from Mizoram (India) to Myanmar," The Tahan Post, quoting a trader of Kyauktaw township in the Rakhine state, said. Myanmar nationals engaging in currency exchange at Khawmawi village in Chin state told TOI in March that people are buying 47 to 48 kyats with one Indian rupee at border areas.
