Agartala, Jul 15, 2022, TRIPURATIMES Desk

Agartala, July 15: Chief Minister Dr Manik Saha on Friday asked the officials concerned to complete the Bru rehabilitation process on a Mission Mode.

Dr. Saha held a meeting with the high officials at the civil secretariat to review the progress of the Bru rehabilitation.

The Chief Minister asked the officials to take assistance from Bru leaders, local people and officers, if necessary, to complete ongoing process.

Principal Secretary of the Revenue department Puneet Agarwal apprised the Chief Minister that the deadline for completion of Bru rehabilitation process is August 31, this year. In that case, as per the direction of he central government, if any Bru family fails to enroll their names for the rehabilitation process by August 31, they would not get any government facility, he said in the meeting according to a government press release.

Agarwal said, 37,136 Bru people of 6959 families are there in the state and twelve different places have been identified for their rehabilitation.

As of now, he said, rehabilitation of 3145 families is underway and house construction for 1477 families already completed.

He also said, a list of 1,189 Bru families has already been received and they would be rehabilitated at the selected locations and for the remaining 2625 families, the Bru leaders have been asked to submit the list at the earliest while necessary steps have been taken by the administration.

The meeting also discussed the facilities which are being provided to the Bru families as per the agreement between the Government of Tripura and Mizoram, Centre and Bru Organization.

According to the Principal Secretary, basic facilities like drinking water, electricity, road and healthcare would be provided to he rehabilitation centres. He also informed the meeting that the Bru families are receiving financial assistance through Direct Benefit Transfer.