Indoor sculpture and water feature at a mall in Helsinki -- photo copyright Kyi May Kaung.Sea fish avoided, pork price soars
Rai Maraoh, IMNA
June 10, 2008
People in Southern Burma are avoiding sea fish, firm in their belief that the fish have been nibbling corpses floating from Irrawaddy delta. The price of fish has plummeted by 40 per cent whereas the price of pork has soared.
Although fish is still selling in the markets the number of people eating fish has dropped significantly, a resident in Mudon said.
"The price of fish dropped from 5000 Kyat to 3000 Kyat per viss. But some are still buying fish. The majority favour pork and chicken," she added. Now price of chicken and pork has soared from 5000 Kyat to 7000 Kyat per viss. Price of eggs has also risen.
A majority of people in Thanpyuzayart Township and Tavoy are avoiding fish.
Not only Mudon and Thanpyuzayar Township it is difficult to find sea fish sellers in the markets in Ye township where some bodies were found floating.
Two weeks after Cyclone Nargis struck, bodies of victims floated to sea beaches in Mon state. At least 300 bodies have been buried or burnt by local teams formed by authorities in Thanpyuzayart Township on the Set-sae beach. Some bodies floated in some costal villages in Tenasserim division and southern Ye Township.
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