Tripura government is working with a humanitarian approach to complete the resettlement process of all bru migrants at the earliest, said Chief Minister Dr Manik Saha.

The state government wants the resettlement process of Bru migrants to be completed quickly. In this case, if any problem arises, it will be resolved through discussion, said Dr Saha.

Reviewing the situation, Chief Minister Dr Manik Saha said that Bru rehabilitation process has been accelerated only after the present government took over. As a result, a historic agreement was signed with the central government, Tripura government, Mizoram government and Bru representatives on January 16, 2020 to solve the permanent problem of resettlement.

After the tripartite agreement, the state government is working towards the speedy completion of the rehabilitation process.

During the meeting, Principal Secretary of Revenue Department Puneet Agarwal said that the central government has extended the deadline for the Bru rehabilitation process till February 28, 2023 next.

During this period, 6,302 Bru families are in the process of completing the resettlement process at 12 identified places. 4,171 Brus are already in the 10 identified places. The families have been rehabilitated. Remaining 2,131 families are being rehabilitated. The Principal Secretary said that 2,326 houses have been constructed so far.

Also, the rehabilitation sites have roads, electricity, drinking water, schools, Anganwadi centres, health sub-centres, ration shops etc and further infrastructure will be developed. Also, gas connection is being provided to Bru families under Ujjawala Yojana. Principal Secretary said, Bru rehabilitated families have been asked to form cooperative societies.

The process of forming cooperative societies has already started. Deputy Chief Minister Jishnu Dev Varma said in the review meeting that the state government is working sincerely to solve the long-standing problem of Bru rehabilitation. If any problem arises in Bru rehabilitation, initiative will be taken to solve it after discussing it with everyone. Participating in the discussion Chief Secretary J.K Sinha said the work of Bru rehabilitation is progressing satisfactorily. Regular monitoring is being done at the state level to see if the construction of various infrastructures including roads, electricity, drinking water are being done properly or not in rehabilitation areas.

In the review meeting Minister of Tribal Welfare Rampada Jamatia, Minister of Social Welfare and Social Education Department Santana Chakma, Minister of Fisheries Department Prem Kumar Reang, MLA Pramod Reang, Chairman of TIPRA and royal scion Pradyot Kishore Debbarma, PCCF K.S Shetty along with Secretaries of Power, Education, Health Departments and representatives of Bru organization were present in the meeting and participated in the discussion.

It may be recalled here that a day before the review meeting , the Election department has appealed to Bru refugees staying in relief camps in the state to go to resettlement villages and get their names enrolled in the electoral rolls during the special revision of voters' list. The special revision of electoral rolls which has already got underway is scheduled to be over on December 8 to pave the way for publication of final electoral rolls for all the 60 Assembly segments.

The Election department targets to enrol as many as 20,000 Bru voters of around 6,300 families. Altogether 7,165 Bru names have already been enrolled in Tripura while the remaining are expected to get registered in the state's electoral rolls during the special summary revision.