ANTI-NAXAL OPERATIONS

ANTI-NAXAL OPERATIONS

        Naxal affected states that proposed unified command would be headed by the four states chief secretaries.

        The Union government on Wednesday, 14^th July,2010, asked Chhattisgarh, Orissa, Jharkhand, and West Bengal, worst affected by Maoist violence to set up a unified Command to carry out anti-Naxal operation.  The chief Ministers of the Naxal affected states  attended  the meeting. The meeting was chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.The four states were asked to appoint an Inspector-General rank police  officer to take care of the anti-Naxal operations.

        The Centre also offered more helicopters, logistical support and intelligence sharing to the states to fight the  Maoist menace. It sanctioned about 16,000 additional special police officers, taking the total number of such posts to about 30,000. It also decided to fund the establishment or strengthening of 400 police stations in the affected districts at the rate of Rs 2 crore a police station on 80:20 basis over two years.

        The chief Ministers were told that the planning Commission was considering a special Development plan for the affected districts with focus on primary education, health care, drinking water and road connectivity.

Prof. John Kurakar