The Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council’s newly elected body has decided to accept any communiqué made by government offices in Kokborok to popularize the language and make communication easier between government officials and the indigenous people.
The additional chief executive officer of the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council, Khumlung issued a memorandum on June 9 stating that Kokborok was declared as an official language of Tripura with effect from January 19, 1979, through Tripura Gazette notification, for which the memorandum was made public on 16 June 2021, stating that, “In order to popularize Kokborok as an official language and for better communication between Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council’s administration and people, any application written in Kokborok must be entertained by all offices in Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council”.
TIPRA chairman and member of district council Pradyot Kishore Deb Barma expressed satisfaction over the new council’s decision.