The Tripura government has started an in-depth survey to know the status of plots exchanged between the people of the state and erstwhile East Pakistan before and after the Partition in 1947, an official said on November 27.
A large number of people on both sides of the international border had mutually exchanged properties during that period. The exchange had taken place mainly between Hindus seeking to come to India and Muslims who sought to settle in Pakistan.
Many of these people who came to Tripura, a border State, following the exchange of land did not register those properties due to lack of awareness and administrative set-up. Several such plots have also been sold. "The State government has ordered a survey to check the status of exchanged plots of land and to know the number of unregistered plots. The survey has started," the official told PTI.
