Transporting goods on two wheelers in Bhamo at great risk

A Bhamo resident was carring teak to the China border near Joi Je in Kachin State, Northern Burma.

Kachin News - Residents around Bhamo town transport Chinese made goods on their motorcycles through Loi Je city close to the Sino-Burma border to Bhamo, said a local in Bhamo.

A Bhamo resident was carring teak to the China border near Joi Je in Kachin State, Northern Burma.

“There are many risks. People carry Chinese made motor engines, food and clothes on their motorcycles along the rugged jungle terrain,” said a local.

According to residents, a Kachin transporting goods died recently on his way back to Bhamo from Loi Je after being hit by a big truck. In another instance goods being carried by three men from lower Burma were seized on the way by Burmese junta authorities.

Carriers also transport timber and sometimes face dangerous situations on the jungle route even though they get paid little for their effort. Sometimes they receive only kyat 10,000 (US $ 9) and sometimes 40,000 (US $ 36), a resident added.