AIZAWL, Dec 4: Mizoram
Government has started the
process to register the over
1,600 Myanmarese nationals
who had taken refuge in four
remote villages in Lawngtlai
district, an official today said.
After the refugees are registered
with Lawngtlai district
administration, they would be
given temporary ration cards
for food distribution among
them, the official said.
More than 300 quintals of
rice had already arrived in
the four villages, situated
along Mizoram-Myanmar
border to be distributed
among the refugees, he said.
Makeshift relief camps in
the villages were being constructed
for the refugees.
The official said that the
refugees who took shelter in
the four villages – Hmawngbuchhuah,
Zochachhuah,
Laitlang and Dumzautlang –
belonged to Khumi and Rakhine
province of Myanmar,
known to the local populace
in Mizoram as ‘Zakhai’ tribes.
Central committee of
Young Lai Association
(YLA), the apex body of Lai
tribe in Lawngtlai district
had distributed blankets and
garments to the displaced
people on Friday.
Mizoram Thalai Kristian
Pawl (MTKP), the youth
wing of Baptist Church of
Mizoram also handed over Rs
50,000 to the central committee
of YLA for purchase of
relief items.
The exodus of civilians
from Myanmar to Lawngtlai
district began on November
25 last after armed clashes
between Myanmar army and
Arakan militants. – PTI
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