MONSOON AND HARVEST AT MAOZ TSUR
(August 22, 2024) The region in Northeast India where Maoz Tzur is situated is facing an abundant rainfall following the monsoon that began a few months and likely to last another month or so. Despite the challenges that comes with it, slushy grounds, muddy roads to name a few, the residents are decidedly joyous in their expectation of a good and bounty harvest. Small scale farming had begun since early this year but has not reached it potential yet due to paucity of funds. Isca Haokip is one of those who have nurtured a small patch to grow vegetables which sustains her family meals. She proudly shows off her produce and says that she feels secure for the first time since the Meiteis destroyed her village, Sajal, which was located on the foothills surrounding the valley. The whole village fled and took shelter in the jungles till they found their way to an army camp and finally to Maoz Tzur.
The Kibbutz intends to make the infrastructures a priority, such as water supply and road. There are plans to lay a pipe, about 2 kilometers long, from a spring in the higher reaches of the property. Then, the road leading to it is an ordinary dust road which can get very slushy during rainy seasons. A few trucks of gravel should solve the problem so that the residents will not have to face the same next year. Community elders Reuven Haokip and Yitzhak Touthang has told our newsletter that the projects will be carried out as soon as the monsoon rains are over, towards the end of the current year.
Click on this link to see the monsoon's fury at Maoz Tzur: https://youtu.be/Ha1KnklD-9c?si=TpomgUVoZfSJk6nJ
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