Chattisgarh’s Chief Secretary Sunil Kumar and Security Advisor of the Union Home ministry K Vijay Kumar on Monday visited the leftist insurgency-hit Bastar division of the State and they reviewed development schemes at a key meeting of all the seven District Collectors and officials of various departments in the division at Jagadalpur Divisional headquarters.
The Chief Secretary said that the State Government under the leadership of Chief Minister Raman Singh has accorded top priority to peaceful development in Bastar which is spread out in about 40,000 sq km areas and is hit by severe Maoist militancy since late 1980s.
He said that vigilance, alertness and sensitivity were mandatory to bring desired progress in development of Bastar, in accordance to the imaginations of the Government.
“The divisional and district officials posted in Bastar should have to ensure that the works sanctioned by the Government were completed with quality in their respective work areas,” said Kumar who is set to retire on February 28 this year.
He stressed on the need for starting sanctioned works as early as possible before the implementation of model code of conduct, in view of the forthcoming lok Sabha election. Collecting information on the works going on in the most sensitive areas, he instructed to bring momentum and progress in the construction and development works along with security.
Additional Chief Secretary (Home and Transport) NK Aswal, Director General of Police Ramniwas, Bastar Commissioner RP Jain, Bastar IG Arun Dev Gautam and all Collectors and Superintendents of Police of the division, district and divisional officers of construction and development departments were present in the meeting.
The Chief Secretary gave guidelines to the Collectors and Superintendents of Police of all the seven districts to bring momentum in the construction and development works by establishing coordination with the central forces, according to their availability.