Decks cleared for repatriation of Brus from Tripura

Decks have been cleared for resumption of repatriation of the Brus from the six relief camps in North Tripura district following a meeting between Mizoram and Tripura government officials, a senior official said today.
Mizoram Additional Secretary (Home) Lalbiakzama told PTI today over phone from Mizoram-Bangladesh-Tripura border Mamit town said that the meeting held at Damcherra in Tripura yesterday was also attended by leaders of the Mizoram Bru Displaced People's Forum (MBDPF) and representatives of all the inmates of the six relief camps.
The repatriation process, scheduled to commence from June one was proposed to be concluded by September, he said, adding that identification of bonafide residents of Mizoram would be conducted during the last part of May.

"The identification process would be in two phases, the first phase would be identification of those Brus in the relief camps who were enrolled in the Mizoram voters' lists and the second phase would cover those who claimed to be bona fide residents of the state but were not included in the voters' lists," he said.
The identification and actual repatriation would be conducted camp-wise beginning from Kaskau relief camp, the nearest one from the Mizoram border.