No Bru tribal individual turn up for identification

Not a single Bru turned up before the Mizoram officials at the Hazacherra relief camp in North Tripura on the second day today for identification and subsequent repatriation to Mizoram, Mamit district Additional DC Lalbiaksangi said.

Lalbiaksangi said Identification officials from Mamit, Kolasib and Lunglei were camping at Hazacherra camp to conduct verification of bona-fide residents of Mizoram since Saturday last.

The identification process began yesterday at the relief camp, the last of the six camps, where efforts would be made to repatriate 3,544 Bru families from six relief camps in Tripura.

The repatriation process under the Road Map-IV for Bru Repatriation, prepared by the state home department and approved by the Supreme Court commenced from July 2 last.

However, no Bru had come forward till date for identification and no one has so far returned to Mizoram even as identification process and repatriation efforts were made at Kaskau, Asapara, Hamsapara, Khakchangpara and Naisingpara relief camps as per schedule of the Road Map.