KANCHANPUR (North Tripura), Oct 22 (TIWN): Rationing / Relief from central govt which was stopped since Oct 1st, has been restarted from today at Naisingpara village, the camp for Bru refugees in Tripura.

Law Minister Ratan lal Nath, MLA Biswabandhu Sen were present on that occasion. The relief was stopped since October 1st as Central and State both Govt asked the refugees to leave Tripura or Govt will stop rationing. 

Law Minister said that the re-installing of assistent by Central Govt for Bru refugees is a historical decision. 

But the Reang refugees, comprising 5,407 families, had been staying in northern Tripura's Kanchanpur and Panisagar sub-divisions after fleeing their villages in Mizoram 21 years ago due to ethnic tension.
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb and his Mizoram counterpart Lal Thanhawla were all present during the signing of the pact.

The agreement finalised a six-point benefit package for each refugee family. It included financial aid of Rs 4 lakh, a monthly allowance of Rs 5,000, Rs 1.5 lakh for building a house and free rations for two years.

Under the agreement, the refugees were scheduled to start returning to three Mizoram districts from August 16 or 17.

But the refugees refused to return, reiterating their old demands, including security in Mizoram by central paramilitary forces and allotment of sufficient land for farming, besides the formation of an Area Development Council for the Reang tribals, locally called "Bru", even though few families left for Mizoram. After that central govt stopped assistent for the refugees from October 1 and today the Govt has restarted it.