Sunday, May 17, 2015

Bru repatriation to start from June 5

Agartala, May 18 :  Repatriation of the 32,000 Reang/ Bru displaced people from Mizoram, now sheltered in seven evacuee camps in Kanchanpur subdivision of North Tripura district, would begin from June 5, an official said today.

The decision was taken today in a tripartite meeting between the Mizoram government officials, representative of the evacuees and Tripura government officials held at Damcherra of Kanchanpur subdivision, officiating District Magistrate of North Tripura, Ranjit Kar told PTI.

He said that a 15-member delegation led by Deputy Collector of Mizoram's Mamit district held talks with the refugee leaders and Tripura government officials led by the officiating DM of North Tripura district.

The process of identification of the displaced people would start on June 2 in the Casco camp and continue till next day and the repatriation would start from June 5 and would continue till June 6 in the first phase.

Kar said the Home Ministry has announced a new package which was shown to the displaced people and they agreed to return home.

The displaced Reang/Brus took shelter in Tripura in phased manner following ethnic clashes with the Mizos over land since 1997.