November
17, 2016
Since
our arrival at Maungtaw, the block in which tea and coffee shops are situated
on the construction road, west ward of Maungtaw sees customers having their
first morning meal from 7 a.m to 9 a.m or so daily.
When
we roamed about the town on the morning of November 17, we saw tea shops and
rice-selling shops crammed with consumers. According to U Kyaw Htoo Mon, a
local from Maungtaw, some shops remained close and now was less crowded
compared to the situation of the past time.
I
noticed Myoma Market run by board of township development committee has started
to open since 6:30 or 7 a.m but nearly all shops started working just after 8
a.m. Shops usually close at 5 pm but these days at noon shops were closed as
customers from nearby villages did not come to the market to purchase
commodities they needed, it is learnt.
Gold
and jewellery shops, hardware shops, fishery stalls and groceries along the
Member Gyi Street are active just in morning periods at the present time. They
hope the business will return to the normal state very soon.
On
the Anawrahta Street motor vehicles, motor trishaws, cycles, trishaws and
pedestrians are moving to and fro. There cannot be signs of worries or fear
seen on their faces with normal living styles found as usual. On my way in front
of no 4 State Middle School (branch), I found students playing happily in the
school campus just prior to school bell toll.
During
my brief observation at the check point of the Maungtaw toll gate this morning,
I saw passenger buses plying between Maungtaw and Buthitaung, cargo trucks,
sellers and purchasers from nearby villages by motor trishaws. According to
passengers and drivers, their income is much less than ever and they want peace
and stability as usual as soon as possible.
Farms
and fields just outside Maungtaw and at both sides of the road were crowded
with paddy harvesters, cattle and farming workers.
District
Judicial Court Office, township education office and other buildings under
construction are being built again.
Daw
Ma Oo disclosed that she has grown many crops—pea, cabbage, chilli,
cauliflower, egg plants and so on. She also wants peace and stability of the
area.
During
today’s trip to Buthitaung, I found more and more passenger buses and
motorcycle carriage plying more than before.
Ref;
The Global New Light of Myanmar
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