Guwahati: Union Home Minister Amit Shah has assured Mizoram Chief Minister Lalduhoma that the Centre would provide rice worth Rs 10 crore to the state government for the relief and support of refugees currently sheltered in the Northeastern state.
A senior official of the Mizoram Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) said that during a meeting with the union home minister on Friday evening in New Delhi, Lalduhoma informed Shah that nearly 40,000 refugees from Manipur, Bangladesh and Myanmar are presently residing in Mizoram.