Aizawl , May 16 : A food scarcity has hit Mizoram as rice, the staple food of the state, could not be transported through trains due to militancy in neighbouring Assam, official sources said here today.
They said that train services in Assam were disrupted following recent attacks on trains by suspected Dimasa rebels on the Lumding-Badarpur sector, causing erratic supply of rice at Mizoram&aposs lone Bairabi rail station.
Food Corporation of India (FCI) began lifting rice supply from Guwahati, but it was not sufficient and the state government is appointing carrying contractors to supplement the FCI efforts, an official statement said.
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