The current mining project poses further threats to the Hugawng Valley, as waste produced by its cyanide intensive gold operations contaminate the local soil and the area's water sources. Furthermore, intrusive mining operations cause soil disruption and riverbed erosion, which greatly affects the local ecosystem.
The Kachin Development Networking Group (KDNG), longtime critics of Yuzana's activities in the valley condemned what the group described as an increasingly deteriorating situation. “Local authorities have always said that this development is for the people, however as gold mining continues to expand in the area, the local people are suffering more and more,” KDNG’s Secretary told the Kachim News Group.
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