There is a shortage of consumer goods and fuel due to the lack of conveyance by trucks from Pakokku, in Matupi Township, Chin State..

"Motorcycles are out of petrol completely. Even if you pay, there is no fuel station to sell. What the main reason is there are no vehicles coming and going. The CDF and PDF groups blocked the road for security reasons. They set the times for travel. Once again, the town was blocked by junta forces.

Even buying rice and heating oil, we have to buy it by showing our identity cards. Even so, we do not get the amount of goods that we want. They only get the amount they allow. I think they (junta troops) are afraid to buy a lot and support CDFs,” said a local.

According to the current situation, a blast at the hydropower station at Bontala in Matupi and a mine blast near the township education office has led to a series of checks.