Coordination centre meeting on naxalism on Aug 30

New Delhi, Aug 29: The 21st Co-ordination Centre meeting on naxalism will be held here tomorrow to review and co-ordinate the steps being taken by the naxal-affected States to effectively combat the menace.

The meeting, to be chaired by Union Home Secretary V K Duggal, will be attended by the Chief Secretaries and Directors General of Police of the affected states and senior officers from various Ministries and Departments of the Central Government.

The naxal situation and counter-measures being taken to deal with the problem on security, development and public perception fronts in each of the affected states will come up for detailed assessment.

The meeting will take stock of the action taken in respect of the decisions arrived at during the previous Co-ordination Centre meeting, which relate to improving ground level policing, filling up of vacancies in State Police and fortification of police stations.

Strengthening of grassroots intelligence network, coordination among RPF, GRP and State Police to strengthen security, safety and protection of trains, passengers and railway properties will also be the focus of discussion. It would deliberate on formulation of comprehensive Rehabilitation and Resettlement Policy and improving ground level implementation of developmental schemes like NREGS, BDI, PMGSY, etc.

The focus of the meeting will be to know from the affected States about the Action Plans under implementation to contain and control the naxalite menace. The idea is to fine-tune these Action Plans wherever necessary and, more importantly, ensure, effective ground level implementation of these plans so that strong and sustained security action is pursued against naxalites and their infrastructure, besides accelerating socio-economic development in the naxal affected areas.

UNI