86 Bru families cross over to Mizoram from Tripura

Source:-Zee news

At least 86 Bru families from the Naisingpara and Asapara relief camps in neighbouring North Tripura district returned to Mizoram on the first day of self-repatriation today.

While 66 families who crossed the border registered at the Kanhmun facilitation centre, 20 families reported to the Zomuantlang facilitation centre, Mamit District SP Rodingliana Chawngthu said.


"Mizoram government has planned to take back 121 Bru families in a week from today," official sources said.

State Joint Secretary for Home Lalbiakzama said the Bru families, who were identified as the bona fide residents of Mizoram at the facilitation centres, would be given Rs 5,500 as travel expenses.

"They would also be given a certificate which should be produced to the district authorities to claim Rs 80,000 as resettlement and rehabilitation package and also to avail free ration for a period of one year," he said.

FEMALE BE ALERT...ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO LIVE IN METRO CITY

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Be Alert & Cautious / Must read!!

A man came over and offered his services as a painter to a female who was putting gas in her car and left his card. She said no, but accepted his card out of kindness and got in the car. The man then got into a car driven by another gentleman. As the lady left the service station, she saw the men following her out of the station at the same time. Almost immediately, she started to feel dizzy and could not catch her breath. She tried to open the window and realized that the odor was on her hand; the same hand which accepted the card from the gentleman at the gas station.

She then noticed the men were immediately behind her and she felt she needed to do something at that moment. She drove into the first driveway and began to honk her horn repeatedly to ask for help. The men drove away but the lady still felt pretty bad for several minutes after she could finally catch her breath.

Apparently, there was a substance on the card that could have seriously injured her.

This drug is called 'BURUNDANGA' and it is used by people who wish to incapacitate a victim in order to steal from or take advantage of them like REPEATED GANG RAPE. This drug is four times more dangerous than the date rape drug and is transferable on simple cards.

So take heed and make sure you don't accept cards at any given time alone or from someone on the streets. This applies to those making house calls and slipping you a card when they offer their services .

PLEASE SEND THIS MESSAGE ALERT TO EVERY FEMALE YOU KNOW

Tripura eyes more German aid for tribals

SOURCE:- Business Standard

 

Germany, which has provided Rs.1.4-billion financial aid to Tripura for empowering tribals and remote area residents by utilising natural resources, may provide additional monetary assistance, it was disclosed.

 

Tripura Forest and Industries Minister Jitendra Choudhury said Germany has indicated it might give additional financial support to the Indo-German Development Cooperation (IGDC) project for two more years beyond 2014.

 

"We will approach the German government through the Indian government's economic affairs division of the finance ministry. While German bank KfW gave the earlier aid, the government may give the extra help," Choudhury said.

 

Comprising officials of the central and the state governments, an Indian delegation, led by Choudhury visited Germany from August 22 to study the successful livelihood projects based on forests in that country.

 

KfW, a German government-owned development bank based in Frankfurt, has been providing financial assistance to various Indian-German forest-based projects in India.

 

Under the IGDC project, the KfW, Germany's third-biggest bank by assets, has been providing 15 million euros (Rs.1.4 billion) as grant to implement the five-year-long (2009-2014) project.

 

Over 50,000 families, mostly tribals and rural poor, would benefit under the project, to be implemented in 104 villages under Dhalai and north Tripura districts.

 

Germany is also providing technical assistance to utilise natural resources for sustainable development to make people self-reliant.

 

The KfW-aided scheme, covering 343,100 hectares of forest land, would also reduce "Jhum" cultivation (slash and burn shifting cultivation) and increase bio-diversity.

 

"We also want financial help from KfW under the climate change mitigation task. But Indian government officials when sending the scheme to KfW, excluded Tripura, Manipur and Sikkim keeping other five northeastern states for the aid," the minister said.

 

"Now the Tripura government would submit the scheme afresh to get the fiscal support."

 

The Indian delegation, besides visiting Germany's various forests and bio-diversity based project, met scientists, experts and environmentalists of prominent institutions in Germany and Britain and discussed projects on bio-diversity, climate change, protection of ecology, wildlife, forest management and primate and vulture breeding.

 

Tribals in the hilly terrain of Tripura and other northeastern states have for generations been carrying out the traditional slash-and-burn method of cultivation, which has resulted in degradation of forest land and affected the soil condition.

 

Some 55,049 tribal families in Tripura are involved in this primitive form of cultivation, covering forest area of about 40,000 hectares.

Justice for assaulted Tripura doctor after 15 years

AGARTALA: After waiting for 15 years, a doctor from Tripura, who was picked up by two police officers and tortured in police custody has finally got justice. The Tripura high court on Thursday held the two police officers guilty of human rights violation and slapped a fine of Rs 50,000 on each of them.

The case was pending for judgment with the Agartala bench of the Guwahati high court ever since Sanjit Reang filed his writ petition in 1998, alleging that the then deputy superintendent of police, Arindam Nath, who is at present the SP (traffic), and the officer in charge of West Agartala police station, Rupak Chakraborty, who has retired now, beat him up in police custody without any valid reason.

A division bench comprising Chief Justice Deepak Gupta and justice Subhashis Talapatra observed that the incident was a gross violation of human rights because Reang was arrested and tortured in police custody without proper evidence.

Reang, who was posted in a remote location at that time, had come to his home in the Bijoy Kumar Chowmuhani area the city when one night a police team led by Nath and Chakraborty stormed the house and picked him up.

"Branding me as a collaborator of a banned militant outfit, they took me into custody and beat me up severely, which resulted in irreparable damage to my body. However, ultimately, they could not prove any of the allegations levelled against me," Reang said.

Reang's counsel, Chandrasekha Sinha said, "This was a clear case of violation of human rights by the policemen. The verdict has established the high-handedness of police in the name of raids and anti-insurgency operations in Tripura."

Government advocate Abhijit Ghosh said, "The incident occurred during such a period when militancy was at its peak and there was panic and tension among the civilians. We argued that it was difficult for police to immediately establish Reang's association with the militants." He added that the state government will take the decision as per the high court's direction and if the accused officers so desire, they may move the Supreme Court.

Police said the raid had been conducted on specific information of militant movement in the house. Later, it turned out that before the policemen could reach, the militants had fled.