Tripura: Victims displaced by insurgency seek rehabilitation, compensation | North East India News,The Indian Express
The insurgency-induced displacees said only 931 out of the 6,500 displaced families in Sipahijala and West Tripura have received housing benefits so far.
A group of victims displaced due to insurgency in Tripura Friday met the West Tripura District Magistrate and Collector and submitted a deputation seeking government recognition, rehabilitation and proper compensation.
Sarbadaliya Paschim Tripura O Sipahijala Zilla Udbastu Unnayan Committee, a forum of families terrorised and evicted from their homes by insurgents, claimed nearly 60,000 families sustained losses due to insurgency in Tripura. Only 6,500 families among them were identified, who fled from Gabardi, Takarjala, Jampuijala, Biddhibazar, Jarulbachai, Jugalkishore and other acute insurgency-affected villages of Sipahijala and West Tripura districts, where several habitations were worst hit by armed insurgency.
Speaking to indianexpress.com, Udbastu Unnayan Committee secretary Sajal Podder said, “Our memorandum sought the government to recognise us as displacees. We are children of this land and have been evicted from our homes due to insurgency. The government has resettled Bru migrants from Mizoram here. We are from this state itself and want to be rehabilitated and compensated as well.”
The insurgency-induced displacees said only 931 out of the 6,500 displaced families in Sipahijala and West Tripura have received housing benefits so far while 202 families were granted rehabilitation benefits at four resettlement colonies by the government. The colonies include Nagicherra Udbastu (displacee) Colony, Neharchandra Nagar Udbastu Colony, Dakshin Narayanpur Gopal Colony and Pritilata Udbastu Colony.
While the rest are staying on rent or relocating frequently, living on khash (government) land till someone objects, they are often left on the mercy of local people and many have suffered multiple displacement.
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