02-11-2008, 10:38 AM
<b>Centre embarks on micro-level planning to fight naxalism</b>
10 Feb 2008
NEW DELHI: The Union Home Ministry has embarked on micro-level planning to usher in development in naxal-hit areas and has selected worst-affected Dantewada district in Chhattisgarh to act a role model.
"It is for the first time that the Home Ministry has selected a particular district and wants to become a role model for other naxal affected states," a senior official said.
He said that at a recent meeting of the Inter Ministerial Group (IMG) on naxal problem, it was felt that central schemes for development of roads and effective launching of flagship programmes like rural job guarantee scheme and Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (education for all) in Dantewada might yield the desired results.
The IMG headed by Vinay Kumar, Additional Secretary (Naxal Management), in the Home Ministry, focuses on developmental issues in the affected areas as the security establishment feels that the problem can be solved only through a holistic approach.
The IMG meeting was attended by senior officials from the departments of health, rural development, tribal affairs, forests, human resources development, and information and broadcasting.
"It has been decided to put development schemes of these departments on the fast track," the official said.
It was also decided to have transit hostels in Dantewada district to provide security to officials.
10 Feb 2008
NEW DELHI: The Union Home Ministry has embarked on micro-level planning to usher in development in naxal-hit areas and has selected worst-affected Dantewada district in Chhattisgarh to act a role model.
"It is for the first time that the Home Ministry has selected a particular district and wants to become a role model for other naxal affected states," a senior official said.
He said that at a recent meeting of the Inter Ministerial Group (IMG) on naxal problem, it was felt that central schemes for development of roads and effective launching of flagship programmes like rural job guarantee scheme and Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (education for all) in Dantewada might yield the desired results.
The IMG headed by Vinay Kumar, Additional Secretary (Naxal Management), in the Home Ministry, focuses on developmental issues in the affected areas as the security establishment feels that the problem can be solved only through a holistic approach.
The IMG meeting was attended by senior officials from the departments of health, rural development, tribal affairs, forests, human resources development, and information and broadcasting.
"It has been decided to put development schemes of these departments on the fast track," the official said.
It was also decided to have transit hostels in Dantewada district to provide security to officials.