The Reang migrants from Mizoram, who have been sheltered in six relief camps in Tripura for over two decades and who were on the verge of repatriation, have urged the Centre to resume relief that has been stopped for the past 10 days, an official said on Wednesday.
With the repatriation of 32,876 refugees from Tripura to Mizoram still hanging in the balance, the government had stopped providing them relief from October 1.
It was aimed at compelling them to return to their villages in the neighbouring state from where they had fled 21 years back.
The Reang refugees, comprising 5,407 families, have been staying in Tripura's Kanchanpur and Panisagar since October 1997 following ethnic tension after a Mizo forest official was killed.
"The refugee leaders under the banner of Mizoram Bru Displaced People's Forum (MBDPF) in a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh have urged the Centre to restart the supply of relief," the North Tripura District Administration official said.
The five-page letter signed by 14 refugee leaders, was sent to Modi and Singh through North Tripura District Magistrate Raval Hamendra Kumar.