Sources said, the administration of Mamit district of Mizoram sought the help of North Tripura district administration for arrangement of vehicle for carrying the displaced people to their ancestral home and providing security upto Mizoram border and all arrangements were made accordingly.
The 9th phase beginning from tomorrow would continue till May 6 in which 4655 people of 890 families would return.
Sub-divisional Magistrate of Kwartha under Mamit district of neighbouring Mizoram is supervising the process of repatriation, sources added. Seventeen people were charred to death in Naisingpara camp on March 19 last in a devastating fire.
Bru/Reang people had taken shelter in six camps in North Tripura district since 1997 following ethnic clashes with the Mizos over land dispute.