Agartala, Mar 23 : Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar criticised the Mizoram government for dragging its feet to repatriate the 35000 Reang/Bru refugees sheltered in six camps in North Tripura district and urged the Centre to intervene for early repatriation of the displaced persons.
"The refugees are living in the camps in deplorable situation. They should be taken back at the earliest.
The Mizoram government is dragging its feet to repatriate them, so the Centre should intervene properly to solve the 14-year old refugee problem", Sarkar told reporters last night.
Sarkar said the meeting of the council of ministers held here yesterday decided to provide Rs one lakh each to the next of kins of the people who were charred to death.
Sarkar said the party of the Mizoram Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla assured the refugees before the last assembly elections of Mizoram that they would be taken back and properly rehabilitated if the party came to power.
"Now Lalthanhawla's party is at the helm of affairs and should take them back with honour and ascertain the future of the children and youths who were languishing in the camps and facing a bleak future", Sarkar said.
The Chief Minister said a judicial probe was ordered to find out the cause of the fire that devastated the camp on Saturday last.
Reang refugees migrated to Tripura from neighbouring Mizoram following ethnic clashes with Mizos since 1997.
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