AGARTALA, Nov 26 – The Mizoram Government has finally assured to take back uprooted Reang refugees sheltered in relief camps in North Tripura’s Kanchanpur subdivision within next two months. The assurance came at a meeting on Wednesday at Kanchanpur SDM Office where BDO of Zwalnuam block in Mamit district, T Robert and SDM Kanchanpur DK Chakma were present. At the meeting, the hardships faced by refugees were discussed threadbare.
Interestingly, no representative from refugees attended the meeting. No decision was taken in the meeting to provide ration money to the newly uprooted Reang families.
The BDO has assured all the Bru people living an uprooted life in Tripura will be returned to Mizoram within the next two months. The assurance has but brought somewhat relief among therefugees leading in pitiable living condition and ration facilities.
Most of the big guns of the refugee camps are presently in Delhi with their demands of rehabilitation in Mizoram.
The Mizoram Bru Displaced People’s Forum (MBDPF) has already held the Mizoram Government responsible for the deplorable plight of the Bru people. “They (Mizoram Government) have failed to protect the interest of the minority Bru tribesmen even after a series of ethnic strife since November 9,” said Evlish Chorkhy, president of therefugees’ body.
It may be noted that about 8000 Bru tribesmen were uprooted from Mizoram following ethnic violence after killing of a Mizo youth and taken shelter at Damcherra in Kanchanpur subdivision.
