Centre agrees to sanction Rs 24 cr for displaced families in Mizoram’s Indo-Bangla border

AIZAWL, JULY 28: The Centre today agreed to provide over Rs 24 crore for compensation of displaced families and development of the areas where Indo-Bangladesh border fencing was undertaken in southernmost Mizoram’s Lawngtlai district, Additional Secretary for state Home department Lalbiakzama said.
Lalbiakzama told PTI from Delhi that the approval was made in the meeting convened by the Ministry of Home Affairs and chaired by Secretary for Border Management in the national capital today.
The development works would include welfare programs like establishment of schools, hospitals and other facilities for the inhabitants of the nearby affected villages, he said.
He said that the Centre had already released Rs 14.21 crore for north-western Mamit district for the same purpose while the Detailed Project Report (DPR) for south Mizoram’s Lunglei district to the tune of Rs 44 core was also submitted.
A large number of families were displaced and many people lost their lands as the Indo-Bangladesh border fencing was erected at a stretch of 150 km inside Indian territory from the actual border.
This fencing was part of Centre’s having undertaken fencing of the 318-km-long Indo-Myanmar border at the Mizoram sector by employing contractors.