"So far, the Zanniat community in Norway sent Kyat 800,000 to Falam Township in Chin state," Pu Sena, adviser of the Zanniat Welfare Organization based in Aizawl, capital of Mizoram state, northeast India said.

Pu Sena added that Zanniat communities in USA, Canada and Australia are also collecting funds for the victims of Mautam in Falam Township.

Last month, rodents multiplying after eating bamboo flowers, destroyed paddy and maize in farmlands located in Webula, Mualzawl, Zahtual, Tlawrzam, Zalang, Ralum, Kawlfang villages in Falam Township making the shortage of food for villagers worse.

Bamboos flower every 50 years when its life cycle comes to an end. The flowers are eaten by rats whose fertility increases leading to multiplication in large numbers. The rats then invade crops in farmlands and store houses causing shortage of food and consequent famine. This phenomenon is true for both Chin state in Burma and the contiguous Mizroam state in India.

Most villagers from the rodent infested villages in Falam Township belong to the Zanniat clan.

Meanwhile the Chin Famine Emergency Relief Committee (CFERC) said that it will provide Kyat 400,000 to the victims of famine in Falam Township.- Khonumthung.