May 14, 2017
Maungdaw- Local authorities backed by Hlun Htein have started widening the roads in Ward no. 5 of Maungdaw South, in the process damaging the houses of Rohingyas.
The road construction work started on Friday.
Locals say the government has never paid heed to the sorry conditions of roads in Rohingya neighbourhoods. But even though these particular roads are comparatively wider than many of the roads in Muslim settlements, they have suddenly started work to broaden this road. They allege this construction work to broaden the roads is nothing but a ploy to destroy Rohingya homes.
Last year, the state government declared that around 3500 houses and other structures belonging to Rohingyas will be demolished as they don’t have proper ‘authorisation’.
Sources from the area say the widening of roads might be part of that project to systematically knock down Rohingya owned structures.
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