The
Sentinel reports that 49 displaced
Mizo families, driven out from Sakhan
range in Tripura in 1998, have been
rehabilitated by the Mizoram government
in Mamit District on Tripura border,
a top District official said on
May 27. Each displaced family was
given INR 150, 000 as agreed by
the Union Home Ministry for rehabilitation
and resettlement, Deputy Commissioner
Rodney L Ralte said.
However,
displaced Mizo families, who had
returned to Sakhan range, were yet
to be rehabilitated as the money
was to be disbursed through the
Tripura government, senior home
department officials here said.
At least 83 Mizo families were driven
out of the Sakhan range by Bru community
in 1998 in the aftermath of the
communal flare-up in Mizoram due
to the murder of a forest guard
inside the Dampa Tiger Reserve by
Bru militants on October 21, 1997. |
