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Dist officials to meet to thrash out nitty gritty of Bru

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Last Updated : Oct 30 2016 | 10:57 PM IST
Meeting of officials of Mizoram-Tripura border Mamit district, Assam border Kolasib district and south Mizoram's Lunglei district bordering Bangladesh tomorrow would set the stage for final preparatory meeting of the proposed Bru repatriation scheduled to begin from Wednesday, a senior home department official today said.
Additional Secretary for the state home department Lalbiakzama told PTI that the meeting would be held in Mamit town.
Lalbiakzama said that the officials to conduct identification of bonafide residents of Mizoram in the Kaskau relief camp would leave Mizoram-Tripura border Mamit town on Tuesday and would begin the identification process from 9:30 AM on the next day to be concluded on November four.
He said that identification process at Khakchangpara relief camp would be conducted on November seven and at Hamsapara relief camp on November 9 and 10.
"The officials conducting the identification for the first three relief camps adjoining Mizoram would be camping at the Tripura border Kanhmun village while the three teams conducting three other relief camps situated further inside Tripura would be camping at the Dak Bungalow in Kanchanpur town of North Tripura," he said.
Identification process at Asapara relief camp would be conducted during November 11 to 14 while it would be conducted at Naisingpara, the largest relief camp during November 15 to 18.
Identification at the last camp - Hazacherra relief camp would be conducted on November 21.
As per the proposal, 2,594 repatriated families would be resettled in Mamit district while Assam border Kolasib district and south Mizoram's Lunglei district would host 628 and 223 Bru families respectively.

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First Published: Oct 30 2016 | 10:57 PM IST

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