ULFA preparing to generate power in Myanmar

ULFA members staying in a Myanmar border town were preparing to set up a generator powered by paddy husk to supply electricity.

ULFA members staying in a Myanmar border town were preparing to set up a generator powered by paddy husk to supply electricity, according to a monthly Bangladesh monthly journal with a web edition.

“The group is now setting up a generator in Maungdaw town and will start the distribution of electricity from July or August,” the journal, Narinjara News, published by the Arakanese in exile, said on Thursday.

The generator would provide power to Maungdaw for five to six hours a day.

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The report which also appeared on another portal, Indo Burma News, said that town leaders welcomed the move as they would receive five to six hours of electricity instead of the current two hours provided by the government.

“The government only gives two hours of electricity per four days in our town. We need more electricity in my house so I support the plan of ULFA,” a town elder was quoted as saying.

The journal said there are about 20 ULFA members in Maungdaw, living in Aung Mye Dodi Ward, Bomu Ward, and Out Wra Ward in Maungdaw who ran businesses like cosmetic shops, a computer cafe, and a telephone booth.

It quoted a town elder as saying “The relationship with the authorities is very good, including officials from the Army Intelligence Unit in Maungdaw so they can do business in Maungdaw.”

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