MHA asks officials to issue birth certificates of Bru newborns

The Ministry of Home Affairs today directed officials to issue birth certificates of the new born babies of the internally displaced Brus, sheltered in six evacuee camps in North Tripura district.
The order was given by M K Singla, Special Secretary for the Ministry of Home Affairs (Internal Security).
"Singla held meetings with the District Magistrate of North Tripura and other officials, including security personnel and asked the district administration to issue birth certificates of the new born babies of the camp inmates immediately, so that their names could be included in the list of inmates," Sub-divisional Magistrate of Kanchanpur, Santosh Dev, told reporters.

Singla hoped that the process of repatriation of the Brus/Reangs would be started by January next year and said the preparation in this regard was on.
Dev said Singla also visited two evacuee camps -Ashapara and Naisingpara - and held talks with the leaders of the Mizoram Bru Displaced People's Forum (MBDPF) and the camp inmates and explained what facilities they would get after repatriation.
Earlier, in November, the process of identification of the displaced Brus was started by the Mizoram government officials in cooperation with the district administration of the North Tripura district.
About 35,000 Bru/Reang people from neighbouring Mizoram had taken shelter in six evacuee camps of Kanchanpur sub-division of the district in phased manner since 1997 following ethnic clashes with the Mizos over dispute of lands.

On several occasions, the Tripura government has requested the Central government for repatriation of the Brus.