Nagpur: In a high-level meeting held on Monday, several issues relating to the Naxal menace in Gadchiroli district were discussed. Eknath Shinde, Chief Minister, and Devendra Fadnavis, Deputy Chief Minister and Home Minister, also discussed enacting the Maharashtra Public Security Act at the earliest to tackle ‘Urban Naxalism’.
A discussion was held on bringing the Maharashtra Public Security Act as early as possible. The said law will be crucial to prevent ‘Urban Naxal’ activities. Besides, discussion was held on expediting the development of roads in the mining corridor and erection of mobile phone towers in Gadchiroli district.
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The Chief Minister also directed to provide effective service of Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation buses in the affected district. Shinde also called for completing the work of a modern firing range on Nagpur-Gadchiroli Road. Besides, he stressed upon creating posts of 25 officers and 500 personnel for the new police stations being set up in Gadchiroli district. All these appointments will be made at the local level.
He directed the officials concerned to take up on war-footing the task of rehabilitating the people displaced due to Naxal menace, and also the surrendered Naxals in Gadchiroli district. Shinde issued the directions during a meeting of the State-level Committee constituted as per the integrated task force mechanism for coordination between National plan and action plan to tackle Left Wing Extremism. He presided over the meeting held at Chief Minister’s official residence Ramgiri in Civil Lines here on Monday.
Devendra Fadnavis, Deputy Chief Minister and Home Minister; Sujata Saunik, Additional Chief Secretary (Home); Rajneesh Seth, Director General of Police (DGP); Praveen Salunkhe, Additional DG (Special Operations); Jain, Joint Commissioner of Police; Padmakar Ranpise, Special Inspector General (IG), Central Reserve Police Force; and Sandeep Patil, Deputy Inspector General of Police, Gadchiroli Range; Sanjay Meena, District Collector of Gadchiroli, and other senior officers attended the meeting.
Fadnavis discussed various aspects and issued appropriate directions to the officials concerned. Expressing the need for rehabilitation of surrendered Naxals as well as people affected and displaced due to Left Wing Extremism, Shinde said that the money required for the same was to be spent from the District Planning Committee funds. He asked the officials to appoint on compassionate ground the next of kin of those martyred during special police action against Naxals.
