Following assurance from Tripura Deputy Chief Minister Jishnu Debverma that the State Government would resume supply of free ration to them, Bru refugees living in relief camps withdrew the road blockade on Thursday, eight days after they started it.
The displaced people launched an indefinite roadblock at Anandabazar, known for a prominent market, at Kanchanpur from October 31 demanding resumption of cash-dole and free ration to them. The Centre has stopped it from October after repatriation of the Brus to their homeland Mizoram started.
"The Bru people withdrew their road blockade after meeting the Deputy Chief Minister and other Ministers and leaders. They were promised that the State Government would resume their free ration," Kanchanpur sub-divisional magistrate Abhedananda Baidya said.
A team headed by Debverma met the displaced people on Thursday to find out an amicable solution as road communication from Ananda Bazar to Kanchapur via Dasda in North Tripura district has collapsed due to the blockade.
"The people called off the road blockade at around 2 PM after the Deputy Chief Minister announced that the Tripura Government would resume the daily free ration from Friday," Mizoram Bru Displaced People's Forum (MBDPF) general secretary Bruno Msha said.