![]() Mizoram suffered from near-famine conditions, supplemented by what little the military could provide, for the next three years. There was little land inside the PPVs and their original jhum areas had been left far behind in the interiors. The regrouping destroyed the Mizos’ practice of jhum, or shifting cultivation. In the scramble for scarce resources, theft, murder and alcoholism became widespread. In the PPVs’ confines, tribal conventions broke down. Life here was tough: each resident was numbered and tagged, going and coming was strictly regulated and rations were meagre. They would march in a column guarded by the military, to their designated PPV. ![]() Then, the military officer and his men would torch the whole place down. ![]() When they were coerced to march, they would refuse to burn down their properties. In every case, villagers refused to move. ![]()
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