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Create a unified command for anti-Naxal operations, Chidambaram urges CMs | Home Minister P. Chidambaram on Wednesday requested the state governments of Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Orissa and West Bengal to create a unified command for anti-Naxal operations. Addressing the meeting of chief ministers of Naxal-infested
states called by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh here, Chidambaram said: "Government
will sanction additional SPOs (Special Police Officers) to the states and requests
the state governments of Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Orissa and West Bengal to create
a unified command for anti-Naxal operations. "We request the four state governments
to appoint an Inspector General of Police as IG (Anti-Naxal operations) for that
state. The Government will also appoint an Inspector General, Central Reserve
Police Force as IG (Operations) for that state to work in close coordination with
the IG (anti-Naxal operations) of that state," he added. He further said that
the Centre would provide more helicopters for logistic support to Naxal-infested
states to help in troop movement, supplies and evacuation. Admitting the Naxals
have gained an upper hand against security forces in the recent times Chidambaram
said that the most serious setbacks were in Silda (West Bengal), Tarmetla, Chingawaram
and Dhaudhai (all in Chhattisgarh). The anti-Naxal plan also proposes to provide
more helicopters for logistics support, troop movement and supplies. He also said
the Central Government acknowledges the primary role and responsibility of the
State Governments in enforcing law and order and in confronting the challenge
of Left Wing Extremism. "We also acknowledge the role and responsibility of the
Central Government to assist the State Governments in every way - deploying central
para-military forces, sharing intelligence, funding the modernization of police
forces and providing logistics and other support," he added. Chidambaram also
announced that the Centre was planning to roll out a development plan for the
Naxal-hit areas, which are mostly mineral-rich but with poor infrastructure. "Government
will set up an empowered group chaired by Member-Secretary, Planning Commission
to modify existing norms/guidelines in the implementation of various development
schemes having regard to the local needs and conditions in the affected districts,"
he added. He also advised the state governments to implement PESA (Panchayat Extension
to Scheduled Areas) Act strictly and vigorously and to ensure that rights over
minor forest produce are assigned to the gram sabhas. |
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