Nobody to claim them, 250 houses India gifted Myanmar for Rohingyas lie vacant

The Print
Nayanima Basu  
24 December, 2019


The 250 prefabricated houses were built as part of an agreement signed between India and Myanmar in 2017.

Refugees standing in a queue at a refugee camp | Commons 

New Delhi: As many as 250 houses that were built by India for displaced Rohingyas have been lying unused in Myanmar’s Rakhine State, ThePrint has learnt.

The prefabricated houses were handed over by Indian Ambassador to Myanmar Saurabh Kumar to the Myanmar government in July this year. The move was an effort to convince Rohingya refugees, who had to flee alleged ethnic cleansing in Myanmar, to return to their homeland.

Myanmar Army Reportedly Set Fire to the Houses of Villagers in Rathedaung and Buthidaung

Bni

Tuesday, July 09, 2019
Narinjara

 

Tatmadaw (Myanmar Army) column reportedly set fire to the houses in AMyat Taung village of Rathidaung township and Alay Chaung Khami village of Buthidaung township in Rakhine State on Friday as they opened fire when they entered the village after the clashes, the villagers said.

A local resident from Amyat Taung village said “ The Myanmar Army marched on from mountain ranges where both sides are fighting which is about a mile from the village. The fighting took about half an hour. And they came from there and opened fire the village. The villagers fear run away. Then, they set fire the villages from every corner. We daren’t go and see and don’t know how many houses were destroyed."