Myanmar’s natural resources minister on Friday began an inspection tour of the Hpakant jade mines and Mohnyin gold mines in Kachin state, where local residents are concerned about the environmental damage and deadly accidents their operations have caused, a state government official said.
Ohn Win, head of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, is conducting the inspection through May 3 in response to a demand by civil society organizations in northern Myanmar’s Kachin state in late March that the new government form a commission to inspect jade mines that had violated industry regulations.
H La Aung, minister of natural resources and the environment in Kachin state, said Ohn Win will meet with the state’s chief minister and other members of the government on Saturday and travel to the town of Mohnyin on Sunday.
During the tour, members of the Kachin state government will discuss the problem of waste soil produced by mining activities and other environmental issues concerning the jade mines in Hpakant township with Ohn Win, he said. (Courtesy of RFA)
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