annual report print final.qxd - Asian Centre for Human Rights
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INDIA HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT 2005 Tripura<br />
27 villages under Chawmanu block in<br />
Dhalai district and seven villages under<br />
Tulasikhar block in West Tripura district.<br />
Of them, 128 people died in Chhawmanu<br />
block alone. The tribals were <strong>for</strong>ced to<br />
consume the wild, inedible fruits and<br />
contaminated water because of a severe<br />
food crisis and total collapse of all<br />
development work. 65 During the last five<br />
years 93,000 people have been affected by<br />
diarrhea while 72,000 more were attacked<br />
by malaria in these places. 66<br />
The State government also<br />
approached the German government to<br />
rehabilitate the tribals. The German<br />
government is <strong>report</strong>edly considering<br />
providing Rs 90 crore at the request of the<br />
State government of Tripura to rehabilitate<br />
20,000 jhumia tribal families by adopting<br />
various development schemes such as<br />
social <strong>for</strong>estry, rubber plantation, bamboo<br />
plantation, fishery and animal husbandry.<br />
The plan will be implemented in Dhalai<br />
and North Tripura districts in the next five<br />
years. A high level delegation of the<br />
German team <strong>report</strong>edly visited Agartala<br />
on 19 November 2004 to shape up the<br />
project. 67<br />
VI. Internally Displaced Persons<br />
A large number of people have been<br />
displaced in Tripura as a direct consequence<br />
of insurgency related violence. Between<br />
January 1999 to November 2003, a total of<br />
47,782 persons - both tribals and nontribals-<br />
were displaced. Most affected were<br />
Bishalgarh and Khowai in West Tripura<br />
district. While in Bishalgarh 12,800 people<br />
240<br />
were <strong>report</strong>edly displaced, 9,598 people<br />
were displaced in Khowai sub-division.<br />
However, there were no displacement in<br />
four subdivisions - Kailashahar,<br />
Dharmanagar (both in North Tripura),<br />
Sonamura in West and Sabroom in South<br />
Tripura. 68<br />
About 50,000 families are likely to be<br />
displaced due to fencing of Indo-Bangla<br />
border in Tripura. 69 The Central<br />
government has earmarked allocation<br />
worth Rs 140 crore to implement the Indo-<br />
Bangla border fencing in Tripura. 70<br />
Tripura government has no policy<br />
towards the internally displaced persons.<br />
About 753 Chakmas belonging to 142<br />
families who were displaced from<br />
Chawmanu after the attacks by armed<br />
groups were not rehabilitated. By 2004,<br />
the State government took no action <strong>for</strong><br />
their return with safety and security. 71<br />
VII. Prisoners<br />
About 300 prisoners were denied<br />
access to speedy justice without trial<br />
under the provisions of a lapsed<br />
amendment of the Criminal Procedure<br />
Code made by the state government in<br />
2003. On 26 May 2003, the State<br />
government tabled an amendment of<br />
clause 439-A of the Criminal Procedure<br />
Code, seeking to extend the period of<br />
detention without trial from 60 days to<br />
120 days and from 90 days to 180 days <strong>for</strong><br />
criminal offences of varying nature. The<br />
amendment was passed in the State<br />
Assembly on 28 May 2004. However,<br />
since it was under concurrent jurisdiction