Guwahati: Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) chief Pramod Boro said thousands of people displaced due to ethnic and communal riots, who witnessed riots in 1996, 2008 and 2012, are going back to their homes. Rehabilitation program for them will be done in the next three months and facilities will be provided to them under various central schemes including Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana and Jal Jeevan Mission.

The rehabilitation program will begin with the tribal and Bodo people of Kokrajhar district. He said that it is really unfortunate that people had to live away from their home for more than two decades with various miseries and pains. Last January saw the restoration of peace after the signing of the BTR peace accord

More than 970 people (including Bengali-speaking Muslims, Adivasis and Bodos) were killed in the clashes due to indiscriminate firing by militant organisations, particularly the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NFDB). The BTC chief said more than eight lakh people displaced by the violence are living in relief camps while many have migrated to other places in search of safety. He also said that former NFDB extremists would be rehabilitated soon after a peace deal has been signed with the now-disbanded organization.

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