The decision by the Union ministry of home affairs to stop free relief ration supply came after they signed an agreement with the governments of Tripura and Mizoram on ending the refugee crisis.

Displaced from their homes in Mizoram, Brus have been living in these relief camps of Tripura for over 22 years now.

The government relief package included 600 grams of rice, soap, slippers, mosquito net and a cash dole of Rs 5 per day. The minors get half of what the adults receive.

State governments of both Mizoram and Tripura say it is an issue that must be tackled by the Centre. “We will immediately visit New Delhi and place a demand in the state cabinet to re-settle the Brus in Tripura state itself. They have been living here for decades and it would not be difficult to settle them here itself. It is a long-pending issue so will hold discussion with both sides to know their opinions. Most of the Brus belong to Tripura originally and therefore we will demand for their settlement in Tripura,” said Mevar Kumar Jamatia, Tripura tribal affairs minister.

“The Brus are starving and the state government is silent, the government should rush there with ration and relief materials," said former MP Jitendra Chaudhury. "If the IPFT is raising the issue of resettling them here in Tripura then our support would be there with them, he added.

Over 37,000 Brus were forced to flee from Mizoram's Mamit, Kolasib and Lunglei districts following an ethnic clash between the Brus and Mizos in 1997.

They have been languishing in relief camps in Naisingpara, Ashaparaa, Hezacherra, Kaskau, Khakchangpara and Hamsapara relief camps in Kanchanpur and Panisagar subdivisons of Tripura ever since. They are still struggling for their basic necessities and for a place they can call home.