MoNREC designates Kyieyeeyan Mountain National Park in Thantlang Township

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation has designated the area of 6,804.50 acres in Thantlang Township, Haka District in Chin State, as “Kyieyeeyan Mountain National Park” as of 8 August 2022, under Notification No 121/2022 by exercising the authority conferred under Sub-section (a) of Section (9) of the Conservation of Biodiversity and Protected Areas Law promulgated in September 2018.
The Kyieyeeyan mountain is intended to be conversed as a famous rocky mountain and is situated 43 miles from Thantlang township in Chin State. It is a recreation place for locals and tourists, with various trees and biodiversity, a unique geological region and a direct motorway to Mizoram state in India by the Haka-Thantlang-Sarsichauk road.
As a trademark of the Chin State, cherry trees, white rhododendrons, and red rhododendrons bloom in the National Park, and wildlife animals are living in pastures, including critically endangered species such as wild goats, mountain goats, leopards, and pangolins. A unique geological region with waterfalls and natural reefs, along with small bats in caves, is about a person’s height. Thus, the area is declared Kyiyeeyan Mountain National Park. —MoNREC/GNLM