Mizoram has taken in 34,278 refugees from Myanmar's Chin state, as well as 773 from Bangladesh's Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT).
Digital Desk: The Mizoram
administration has requested 10 crore from the Centre to assist over 10,000
displaced individuals who have sought refuge in the state as a result of the
ongoing ethnic violence in Manipur.
Mizoram's home minister Lalchamliana claimed that Chief Minister
Zoramthanga wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi twice last month, asking for
Rs 10 crore in aid for the 10,700 persons who have sought refuge in the state.
"The Union government has not yet responded to the Chief
Minister's request," said Lalchamliana, who also oversees the Disaster
Management and Rehabilitation department.
According to a top home
department official, Mizoram will send a delegation to Delhi led by sports
minister Robert Romawia Royte to seek financial support from the Centre.
Mizoram has taken in 34,278 refugees from Myanmar's Chin state,
as well as 773 from Bangladesh's Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT).
Refugees from Myanmar,
including women and children, are being housed in several regions of Mizoram
following the country's military revolution in February 2021.
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