The people of Uttarakhand have always been nationalist and secular. The Food Security Act and MGNREGA introduced by the Government will help combat Naxalism in the country,” said the Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna at a workshop held on the internal security of the State at the police colony, here, on Friday.
He also announced a 30 percent special allowance for the non gazetted officers of the Intelligence and CB-CID. He also announced `2 crore for modernisation of the State police.
He said that by ensuring better coordination among different agencies, good flow of information, round the clock surveillance on the border, and improvement in intelligence agencies, control over Maoists would become possible.
He said problems of Naxalism and Maoism cannot easily emerge in the State and the security agencies are ready to fight them.
The CM said that the State had suffered heavy losses due to the recent natural disaster. The compensation norms had been relaxed. About `300 crore had already been distributed through cheques amongst the victims.
DGP BS Siddhu spoke about the reasons for increase in Maoist activities and offered practical solutions. IG Ghildiyal threw light on the history of Maoists. The event was coordinated by IG Deepam Seth. Present on the occasion were CS Subhash Kumar, GOC lt Gen SK Aggarwal, Principal Secretary Omprakash and SS Sandhu.