Aizawl: Around 5,822 people from Manipur have fled to Mizoram, officials said on Sunday. The internally displaced people belonging to the Chin-Kuki-Mizo community are lodged at temporary relief camps across  six districts of Mizoram, while many were also given shelter by their relatives, they said.

Aizawl district currently has the highest number of displaced people at 2021, followed by Kolasib district (1,847) and Saitual district (1,790), they said.

A total of 135 people have taken shelter in east Mizoram’s Champhai district, 15 in Khawzawl district and the rest 14 took shelter in Serchhip district, officials added.

Meanwhile, Mizoram Lok Sabha member C. Lalrosanga has endorsed the demand of separate administration for tribal people by Manipur tribal MLAs.