Mining sullies river in Kachin state

14 March 2012

Locals in Kachin state’s Hpakant township, famed for producing some 

of the world’s best-quality jade, say excessive dumping of mining waste 

into the Uru Chaung River is causing the river to dry up.

An Hpakant resident said sections of the river near Lonekin, Hpakant 

and Saitaung excavation sites, where intensive mining has been on-going, 

has been hit hard by the excessive dumping.

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