CPC urged to reach out, provide gasoline to ravaged Namasiya area

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      Taiwan Church News

      3052 Edition

      August 23~29, 2010

       

       

      CPC urged to reach out, provide gasoline to ravaged Namasiya 
area

       

      Reported by Lin Yi-ying

      Written by Lydia Ma

       

       



      “Morakot victims living in Kaohsiung County’s Namasiya Township 
have to travel down the 

      mountain to a gas station in Jiasian Township every week to get 
buckets of gasoline. The trip 

      takes about 5 to 6 hours. Is this another underhanded 
government tactic forcing us to 

      relocate?” asked Morakot Care Team spokesperson, Mayaw Biho.

       



      Mayaw Biho explained that last year’s Typhoon Morakot had 
destroyed roads leading up to 

      Namasiya and Chinese Petroleum Corporation (CPC) trucks 
couldn’t drive up to the township 

      to deliver gas. Over the past year, more than 1,800 residents 
had been struggling with 

      securing enough gas to support their livelihoods and their 
daily needs.

       



      Mingsheng Village (also known as Takanua) residents also say 
they cannot transport and sell 

      their produce if their vehicles don’t have gas. “We ask CPC to 
do us a favor and transport 

      some gas up the mountain. Otherwise, how will Morakot victims 
survive without any income?” they said.

       



      Aborigines are mostly farmers and their cars, tractors, and 
other farm equipment operate on 

      gas. Villagers usually carry big, empty buckets down the 
mountain every week to get gas, but 

      the cost of making a round trip is more than 6 hours of driving 
and more than NT$1,000 in gas 

      expenses, culminating in more than NT$4,000 per month.

       



      Instead of these costly trips, residents have been hoping that 
CPC would drive up the 

      mountain and deliver oil to them instead. “CPC doesn’t need to 
drive a big truck! It can use a 

      small car to deliver gas instead!” they insisted.

       



      “If you love me, please ask CPC to bring gas to Morakot 
victims!” urged Morakot Care Team. 

      They stressed the increasing likelihood of heavy rains shutting 
down electrical supply during 

      the current typhoon season. If Aborigines living in the 
mountains don’t have gas to start their 

      generators, they’d soon find themselves between a rock and a 
hard place.

                                   



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