YANGON, Dec. 19 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar authorities are tightening rules and regulations around risky jade mining areas in Myanmar's northernmost Kachin state, the official media reported Saturday.
Local authorities have suggested that migrant miners squatting in at risk areas be relocated to safer areas and that mining companies dump their dump soil in accordance with safety rules, said the Global New Light of Myanmar.
When miners began using heavy machinery to extract jade from mines in Myanmar in 2005, migrant workers across the country flowed into the area to scavenge small jade stones from discarded soil.
There are around 200,000 squatters in Hpakant Township. (Courtesy of Global Post)
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