At a meeting of the unified command held at the Mantralaya here on Tuesday, Chief Minister Dr Raman Singh gave special emphasis on the need to speed up various measures for the protection of peoples' lives in the Naxalite-infested areas and implementation of different development programmes, including rapid road buildings for the betterment of the people of Chhattisgarh.
In the meeting presided over by the Chief Minister, discussion was held on the planned action plan on security and development. Raman said that peaceful development of people by creating more fool-proof security measures was the objective of all.
He said that along with development of education and health facilities, the State Government was vigilant on the eradication of malnutrition in the Bastar region. livelihood colleges have been established in Dantewada, Bijapur and Sukma districts for imparting self-employment training to unemployed youths of the region and to make them self-reliant, he added.
The Chief Minister said that it was obligatory to make such development-oriented activities more effective and stressed on the need for more coordination among all departments for it. Raman also gave emphasis on the need for excellent result-oriented works in the areas where the amount of Integrated Action Plan (IAP) and Backward Region Grant Fund (BRGF) has been utilized and on the utilisation of cent per cent amount. He also mentioned about the Mukhyamantri Baal Bhavishya Suraksha Yojana implemented for making better education environment for the children of Naxalite-affected districts.
The students of Prayas Residential School, run under this scheme, have acquired excellent success in the All India Engineering Entrance Examination, he added.
Chief Secretary Sunil Singh, additional chief secretaries Vivek Dhand and DS Mishra, principal secretary home NK Agrawal, Chhattsigarh Director General of Police Ramniwas, senior security advisor of Union home ministry K Vijay Kumar, special director general of Central Reserve Police Force Aruna Bahuguna and senior officers of Border Security Force, Indo-Tibatan Border Police and Indian Army were present in the meeting.