The Unified Command meeting chaired by Chief Secretary GC Pati here on Tuesday stressed on new strategy to deal with the Maoist menace.
“Our main aim is to bring back the Maoists into the main stream of the society. We are now preparing a new strategy to curb Maoist activities,” said DGP Sanjeev Marik after the meeting.
He said the rehabilitation policy for Maoists of Odisha is one of the best policies in the country and hoped that many ultras would give up arms and join the main stream of society and avail the benefit.
The Development Commissioner, Secretaries of the Home and Finance Department, Intelligence IG, IGs of BSF and CRPF were present in the meeting which was held at the branch office of the State Intelligence Bureau here.
The agenda for discussion during the meeting was cut-off areas affected by Maoist activities and the construction of Gurupriya bridge, which seeks provide connectivity to the cut-off areas of
the Maoist-hit Malkangiri district.