NGT asked for a rehabilitation plan for displaced Brus in Tripura
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Polity & Governance
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14th Jun, 2021
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Context
The Eastern Zonal Bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has sought a response from the Tripura to resettle over 40,000 displaced Brus of western Mizoram in the reserved forest.
- The NGT asked the state to submit the Bru rehabilitation plan to the bench before July 14, 2021.
About the Brus settlement Issue
- People of the Brutribe fled to Tripura, following a series of communal attacks on them in October 1997 in the villages of western Mizoram.
- In January 2020, the agreement of Bru settlement in Tripura was signed by Tripura, Mizoram and the Centre with Bru organizations to resolve the impasse of about 40,000 Brus.
- The complaint was filed with the NGT against the government’s plan to rehabilitate the Brus, claiming it violates Section 2 of the Forest Conservation Act, 1980.
Brus
- Bru or Reang is a community indigenous to Northeast India, living mostly in Tripura, Mizoram and Assam.
- In Tripura, they are recognised as a Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group.
- In Mizoram, they have been targeted by groups that do not consider them indigenous to the state.
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National Green Tribunal(NGT)
- The National Green Tribunal has been established in 2010, under the National Green Tribunal Act 2010.
- The Tribunal shall not be bound by the procedure laid down under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, but shall be guided by principles of natural justice.
- Order of Tribunal is executable as a decree of a civil court.
- The Tribunal is mandated to make and endeavor for disposal of applications or appeals finally within 6 months of the filing of the same.
- New Delhi is the Principal Place of Sitting of the Tribunal and Bhopal, Pune, Kolkata and Chennai shall be the other four place of sitting of the Tribunal.
- An appeal against the order of the NGT lies to the Supreme Court, generally within ninety days from the date of the communication.
