AIZAWL: India’s mountainous Mizoram state could soon earn the sobriquet of Kuwait of the Northeast with the region sitting on huge unexplored hydrocarbon reserves.
“We hope crude oil would transform Mizoram into Kuwait in the very near future with the state located in an area believed to be a black gold mine,” said H. Lallenmawia, head of Mizoram’s geology and mining department.
Read here: The Economic Times
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March 17th, 2007 at 1:06 am
Very Interesting…
Khawngaih takin oil chu zawng chhuak hram2 teh u, it cud be a big break for all of us.
But pls do these:
- Dont put corrupt ppl on it
- Make proper arrangement for marketing
Why cant we make a name for ourselves instead of trying to be “Switzerland of the East”? “Kuwait of the NE?” Can we just be “MIZORAM” the land where WE Mizo ppl live?
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March 17th, 2007 at 2:02 am
hui hma..ka va han buai rei triah2 ve leh….registered user chiah comment thuah khan ka por em2 a, lol..chuan ka thie ta lova, proxy hman hovin a tlin loh vangin
mahse hei opera hmangi..thil thlak kualin ron lut ve thei ta e…whewwwww..nuam leh ta, lol
nia, oil chu, han hmu chhuak teh se…kan ram pakahtah te hian lo om rui mai se ka ti
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March 17th, 2007 at 2:22 am
kutdawh state tangin kuwait of Northeast han ni taktak mai ilah…dream come true ni mai.
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March 17th, 2007 at 2:25 am
A hlawkna tel phak lo pawl kan ni leh awm tho si a..!!!
Huihamz…..rilru a hah lawk.
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March 17th, 2007 at 2:30 am
ka va han awih lo tak….kei ni chu Hortoki khua mi kan ni a…ONGC ho in kua an han lai tak tak mai chu….kan khua chu a kua hel hul…engmah an hmu lo…THE BEST thing tho is that the local youth had employment…bring it on and let the youth earn their deserved money………..
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March 17th, 2007 at 4:21 am
apate’s thoughts are consistantly very insightful. I hlauthawng ang reng in thil a awm duh hmel.
If there is oil, it does not mean instant blessing. If you look at Iraq, Iran, Sierra Leonne, Nigeria, Brazil (can’t think of othe places right this minute but there’s more), whenever a valuable natural resource is discovered, the lands native people get exploited, in many cases pretty severely. We must be very careful.
USA has approx 25% of the worlds oil in their own land, yet they chose to use oil from overseas partially because of the environmental impacts of digging for oil.
Exxon and the Myanmarese governtment relocated entire tribal villages to make room for oil wells.
There are alot of things to ponder.
“What good will it be for a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul?”
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March 17th, 2007 at 4:38 am
triflin, if what u’r saying is true. Then a proper kind of awareness should be given out before evrybody jumps on it. dont ya think?
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March 17th, 2007 at 5:16 am
The importance of awareness can not be stressed enough. Self-less leadership would also be nice. Tiraw?
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March 17th, 2007 at 6:10 am
triflin_tribal, yuo can add Nigeria and Sudan to the list.
Look at Assam, a state with so much oil reserves. But no major refinery in the state. You cannot blame insuegency since even when Assam was perfectly peaceful, all the crude oil from Assam had been sent to Bihar.
OK, Kuwait of the East (coin framed by Economic Times not Mnowluck). Do you know that people wear long robes in that country, worship Allah, observe Ramzan strictly (no breakfast or lunch (no sex either) from around 5.30 a.m. till 6.45 p.m). for a whole month, requirement to pray five times facing Meccah, no real freedom for women (although they can vote), they are expected to wear hijab, a black (not red, pink, green or blue) robe with head coverings, no people’s power to change the government (Emir is fixed leader), no alcohol at least publicly (sounds familiar ?), no nightclub, no disco, no karaoke club, no kissing in public…
Still want to be Kuwait of the East ?
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March 17th, 2007 at 7:10 am
Nigeria is on the list. Thanks for Sudan. Alaska also so… USA too?
(hmmmm. I think I’m addicted to this site)
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March 17th, 2007 at 10:55 am
Ka awih chiah lo e. An sawina a rei tawh mai. Pu R Vanlawma la thatlai zek zawk pawh khan he thil buaipui hian Mizoramah an rawn kal tawh hlawm a. Hlimen Quary bul velah sawn an va en a, mahse, an thil hmuhchhuah chu mipui lam hriatah sawi an remti ta lova tih vel chu Pu Vanlawma ngei pawn a sawichhuah kha.
Nagaland-ah te pawh Oil chu a tam an tih kha. ONGC-in laihchhuah an tum a, mahse, Naga ho khan an remti lo a nih kha. A chhan maw ? Nagaland-ah ngei Oil Refinery a awm loh chuan an phal lo.
Pawimawh ber chu Oil Refinery Mizorama bun ngei hi a ni mai. Oil Refinery kan bun loh chuan a hlawkna kan tel mang chuang lovang.(Oil lo awm tak tak pawh ni se) An laihchhuah hmain kan siniar chhe zo hman ang ka ring ammi
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March 17th, 2007 at 11:25 am
natural resources found under the surface of the earth automatically comes under the central list under the indian law.we have three lists,state list (that which belongs to the state in which that resource is found),central list (that which belongs to the central govt of india) and concurrent list (that which is shared by both the state and central govt ).. so if oil is discovered…i hope our politicians who`ll be in power at the time of signing the papers (or whatever) will be insightful enough to consult people who are throughly well-versed in dealing with such matters..so that our state and mizos can gain as much as possible from it. or we`ll end up like the khasis and their uranium discovery and all we`ll get is chances of earning a few bucks as labourers and maybe a couple of chowkidars at the site offices and of course not to forget a couple of crores by the concerned ministers and officers who`ll help work the signing away of the precious deed to some tatas or birlas or ambanis of the country.we would have to sign deeds with these big companies anyway i know,because we dont have the aptitude and technical know-how to extract oil…but hey it can be done with professional help so that the concerned state can benefit as much as possible…ka va tho fuh e..ka sawi teuh chu
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March 17th, 2007 at 12:00 pm
Khawnvartui laih chhuah ang vela beiseiawm a nih hmel. Kei chuan Motorolla cellphone hlira rah thei thing chi ania ka duh.
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March 17th, 2007 at 8:14 pm
Ka lo ngaihtuah thin a ni. Khi ti top khi chuan Siamtu hian min pek rikngot ka ring lo rengah(kan ram). Eng e mo thatna leh natural resource chu kan neih ve ka ring a se hmanah class 7 kan nih lai pon kan sir in a soi toh. Midang soi ka hriat tak loh em a vangin dot mai2 a nih ka ring a se khi tak2 nise ka va ti ve. Mizoram han chhuah chiah trang hian mi dang state hi kan ot nghal a, meghalaya poh oh m2 reng kha ka ning toh, midang hian min ot ve toh se tha ang.
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March 17th, 2007 at 10:21 pm
Kan hotu te hian thil eng eng e maw ni an sawi vak vak thin mai a… “Switzerland of the east” tih te… leh thil dang te an sawi vak vak hian awm zia a nei thui vak lo ni in ka hria.Kuwait of NE pawh in ti sawm sarih ngawt mah ila….. oil awm chhun pawh hi kan central lam khuan “Calcutta” vel ah an lo sawr chhuak deih lovang tih tu nge sawi thei awm che u!! a hminga nalh ringawt ai chuan……… “atak” ram a thiltih a tha zawk… “BURMA of NE” pawh ni mah ila… kan in tohdelh phawt chuan.. state dang hian min en hniam thei lovang………. “Burma of NE” nih a intohdelh ka duh zawk………. “Kuwait of Ne” nih a hming nalh em em a zu zui leh mai tur ai chuan.
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March 18th, 2007 at 11:19 am
kuwait of the east
im really confuse whether to take it as a good sign or bad sign………
1) kuwait is practically dominate by US administration, even their so called ministers are under 24×7 watch of CIA and even there are instances of people taken or threaten by CIA ….so i dont want mizoram to become a “banana republic” just as what happened in kuwait and other west asian countries.
2)i dont have any faith in politicians , whether national or state level.
please recall that our central ministers and his colleague had sold a profit making ONGC oil field to Reliance and other private companies at a price which is much below the market value……….
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March 21st, 2007 at 7:32 pm
An lai chhuak leh tak tak dawn amoni le? Hman deuhah pawh petroleum an hmuchhuak an tia, tun thlengin laihchhuah tak tak a la awm loh hi. Sawhthing, slipper chhia leh polythene chhia bak hi kan la laichhuak chiah lo chu anih hi maw….
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March 21st, 2007 at 7:47 pm
zzzz “banana republic” ai chuan “aieng republic” kan ni zawk lo maw ? Nge sohthing republic ?
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April 3rd, 2007 at 3:59 am
zzzz; life10, triflin_tribal,Secret-Admirer:
Israel chuan OIL a hausak aiin BRAIN a hausak an thlang Pathian remruat dan poh a ni Halelujah ;_)
1) Mizoram hian Oil a ngah tak tak chuan Refinery hi Mizoramah din anih ngei nan hmalak a tul
2) Gas lam anih thung chuan Thermal Power Project Mizoram ngeiah din
3) “Mizoram chhung ah ngei” hmala turin kan decision maker te hi an rinawm/rintlak/huaisen ang em le. Public opinion create a ngai hle mai
4) Heng kan beisei ho poh hi din mahse employment opportunity chu a sing bi a ni dawn lo a za bi a ni ang. Heng hmuna thawkthei tur chuan kan thalai te hi thiamna bik an neih a ngai dawn. Engpoh ti dawn ila peon leh Cowkider leh Chawchhum leh Clerk tih level chauh kan thawhtheih anih chhung chuan kan chhawr vak lo ang.
5) Tunah poh BPO/KPO/ITES/IT boom ah hian heng industry te hi Mizorama din ve turin infrastructure tul min fight chhuah pui tur LEADER kan nei lo. Heng IT lam thiam kan neih tlem avang hian Zo faten kan la hausak pui ve phak lo
6) HR policy kan tihfuh a ngai Heng kan sawi Service Industry ah te a sing bi a kan tel ve theihnan ZIRNA tih changtlun a poimoh bon tops. ZIR UAR ni lovin THIAM UAR a ngai.Chumi atana pohmoh Facilities reng reng hi kan nei vek tur a ni. Zirtirtu tha bik kan zawn a ngai ang. Mizo ngei hi i zawng kher lovang u, experience nei tha leh tha lo zirtir chu dang tak a ni
7)Kan HR Policy her fuhna anihdawn phot chuan CM ah or CS ah hnamdang poh nise a poilo. Kan Hnam boral mek tur leh 50yrs hence a Mizo te hi khonge kan awm ang tih hi vei a tul a ni.
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