Agartala, Sep 8 : Resentment is brewing in six Bru refugee camps in Kanchanpur subdivision due to non-inclusion of over 7,000 children in the ration cards.
A survey conducted by Asian Indigenous and Tribal Peoples’ Network (AITPN) on Bru internally displaced families of Mizoram has found that more than 94 per cent of the camp inmates have documents issued by authorities of Mizoram to prove their bonafide residence in Mizoram.These have been placed on record before the Supreme Court by AITPN but neither the Tripura nor the Central Government had ever attempted to verify the bonafide of the Brus to counter the lies of the Mizoram Government.
The Central Government even failed to accord approval for inclusion of 1,514 children in the ration cards despite recommendation by Tripura Government way back in 2004.
As no approval has been received for inclusion and no survey has been conducted since 2004, no new-born baby has been included for access to food rations and other basic assistance and the other family members have to share their allocated food.
The alleged step-motherly attitude towards genuine citizens has sparked widespread resentment among the refugees, according to Santosh Chakma, Legal Officer of the AITPN.
Alarmed by the ‘development’, a six-member team of National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCER) will visit six Reang refugee camps in Kanchanpur subdivision on Monday to hold public hearing over the continuous problem.
After conducting hearing, the team will return to Agartala to hold meeting with State Government officials on September 9, said Sub Divisional Magistrate (SDM) Narayan Debbarma over telephone from Kanchanpur.
The AITPN welcomed the move of the NCPCER to the Bru Internally Displaced Persons’ camps located in Kanchanpur Sub-Division in North district of Tripura from September 7 to 9, he said.
“The Commission is visiting the camps following the complaint of AITPN that over 7,000 Bru children have not been included in the cards for access to ration,” he said.
It is worthy to mention that about 31,000 Bru families had to leave their homes in Mizoram following ethnic clashes in 1997 and took shelter in Tripura’s Kanchanpur subdivision.
A survey conducted by Asian Indigenous and Tribal Peoples’ Network (AITPN) on Bru internally displaced families of Mizoram has found that more than 94 per cent of the camp inmates have documents issued by authorities of Mizoram to prove their bonafide residence in Mizoram.These have been placed on record before the Supreme Court by AITPN but neither the Tripura nor the Central Government had ever attempted to verify the bonafide of the Brus to counter the lies of the Mizoram Government.
The Central Government even failed to accord approval for inclusion of 1,514 children in the ration cards despite recommendation by Tripura Government way back in 2004.
As no approval has been received for inclusion and no survey has been conducted since 2004, no new-born baby has been included for access to food rations and other basic assistance and the other family members have to share their allocated food.
The alleged step-motherly attitude towards genuine citizens has sparked widespread resentment among the refugees, according to Santosh Chakma, Legal Officer of the AITPN.
Alarmed by the ‘development’, a six-member team of National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCER) will visit six Reang refugee camps in Kanchanpur subdivision on Monday to hold public hearing over the continuous problem.
After conducting hearing, the team will return to Agartala to hold meeting with State Government officials on September 9, said Sub Divisional Magistrate (SDM) Narayan Debbarma over telephone from Kanchanpur.
The AITPN welcomed the move of the NCPCER to the Bru Internally Displaced Persons’ camps located in Kanchanpur Sub-Division in North district of Tripura from September 7 to 9, he said.
“The Commission is visiting the camps following the complaint of AITPN that over 7,000 Bru children have not been included in the cards for access to ration,” he said.
It is worthy to mention that about 31,000 Bru families had to leave their homes in Mizoram following ethnic clashes in 1997 and took shelter in Tripura’s Kanchanpur subdivision.
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