Chief Secretary Rajeev Gauba after his meeting with the secretaries of different departments, district officials of police, administration and forest departments at Hazaribagh on Thursday underlined the importance of the Saranda Action Plan.
“We are going to work on the lines of Saranda Action Plan in entire the State to bring back the people of Naxal-prone areas into the mainstream. We have fixed a target of six months to implement the plan in all worst-affected areas of different districts of the State,” said the CS.
The marathon meeting took place on the premises of Padma Sai Centre, about 25 kms away from Hazaribagh town, in which the Chief Secretary reviewed the status of development and security in Naxal-hit areas of the State. In this meeting, discussions were made on the issue of removing hurdles from the path of development so that the people of those areas can get benefitted from the Government schemes.
In this high level meeting district officials of 15 districts participated. In first phase they presented the reports of different developmental programs going on in their districts especially in naxal affected areas. In second session Chief Secretary Rajeev Gauba and DGP DK Pandey interacted with them and tried to know the problems and suggestions for solution.
Both Chief Secretary and DGP made it clear to the officials that in future everyone will have to work in coordination with each other so that the developmental works could not get delayed and the people should not suffer. Regarding security problem DGP Pandey said that if it is beyond the capacity of district level officers then the superior officers must be contacted without losing time.
Talking with newsmen Chief Secretary Rajeev Gauba said that development and employment are interrelated with each other and in Saranda it has been proved. So in entire the State we are going to work on that model which will not only develop the area but will increase employment opportunities for the local people.