AGARTALA, Jan 5 (TIWN): Udbastu committee members have met SDM Sadar today demanding compensation and rehabilitation.

They said, only 931 houses were given partially but for long 20 years they are struggling for their rights.

The Udbastus were protesting since decades but their demands were neither accepted nor rejected.

Thus again today the de-sheltered families have raised their voices.

The 'Udbastu' (refugee) families who had to escaped from the ADC areas after their family members were allegedly killed, kidnapped by militants, till day maximum of them are residing either in relative's houses or in rents across Agartala, Bishalgarh.

The de-sheltering of local residents had begun since 1994 and especially in 1998, 1999, 2000 and step by step from sensitive places like Jampuijala, Takarjala, Gadarbi and Golaghati the Bengali local people marked as ‘enemy’ were de-sheltered, they alleged.

Above 100 people till day are missing and total 65 persons killed during that militancy-tension time which led them to flew from ADCs on that time, but the state govt had failed to provide them homes and the role of opposition parties also remained so far cold, alleged the Utbastu.