Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s Special Advisor TKA Nayar has assured that the Centre would continue to extend all the cooperation and support to Chhattisgarh Government in its fight against insurgency.
Nayar stated this while paying a courtesy call to Chief Minister Raman Singh at his residence here on Friday. During his meeting with the Chief Minister, Nayar shared his experience of his three-day visit to Sukma, Dantewada, Bijapur, Jagdalpur, Narayanpur districts and Manpur area of Rajnandgaon district.
He appreciated the State Government’s various schemes and projects that were being executed in the aforesaid districts for development of education and livelihood. Nayar told the Chief Minister that under his guidance, the young officials are conceptualising innovative projects, like livelihood College Project, for creating employment and self-employment opportunities for youths in State.
The projects such POTA Cabin was also very beneficial for the Naxal-affected children of Dantewada district. The Jawanga village was being developed as an ‘Education City’ and Dantewada district as a major Education Centre of the State, he said.
Moreover, in Manpur area of Rajnandgaon district also, the State Government was doing commendable work for socio-economic development of villagers there. The State Government should continue to take such innovative steps in the larger interest of public, said Nayar while in conversation with the Chief Minister. The Prime Minister’s Advisor said that better implementation of Government schemes had won the confidence of the people of Naxal-affected areas, especially youth. “It is definitely a good sign that people have faith in the State Government,” he added.
The Chief Minister told Nayar that senior and experienced people such as him should frequently visit these areas to assess the efforts of State Government for uplifting the living standard of people there despite all odds and challenges.
Singh said that Naxal-affected districts have certainly undergone a major positive change because of the development works conducted in the State. Frequency of Naxal related incidents has also decreased. Both State Police and CRPF are bravely discharging their duties in a well-coordinated manner. Recently, many Naxalites have surrendered, the Chief Minister said.
Singh informed Nayar about the scheme of ‘Mukhya Mantri Bal Bhavishya Suraksha Yojana’, initiated by State government for the Naxal-affected children. He said that under this scheme, the children were being provided better education facilities. The Chief Minister also informed Nayar about ‘Prayas Boarding Schools.’ On the occasion, the Prime Minister’s Advisor discussed the policies and schemes with Chief Minister for rehabilitation of surrendered insurgents.
The Chief Minister stated that the State Government had formed policies to associate such people (surrendered insurgents) with mainstream of society. “The Government is providing every possible help to such people, so that they may lead a peaceful life,” said Singh and added that in the districts of Bastar and Sarguja Revenue divisions, a large number of local youth had been recruited into the Government services by creating Grade-III and Grade-IV posts.
On the occasion, Security Advisor to Central Government K Vijay Kumar, State Government’s Chief Secretary Sunil Kumar, Additional Chief Secretary of Finance Department DS Mishra, Additional Chief Secretary of Home Department NK Aswal, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister and Housing and Environment Department N Baijendra Kumar, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Energy and Public Relations Department Aman Kumar Singh, Director Urban Administration Dr Rohit Yadav, Managing Director of Chhattisgarh Power Distribution Company Subodh Kumar Singh and Director Public Relations OP Choudhary were also present.