At the day-long security review meeting in the national capital with the Chief Ministers of Maoist-affected states, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday called for the choking of financial resources of left-wing extremist groups. The Home Minister also asked for realisation of the new doctrine “SAMADHAN” for use in security operations: S – Smart Leadership, A – Aggressive Strategy, M – Motivation and Training, A – Actionable Intelligence, D – Dashboard-based KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) and KRAs (Key Result Areas), H – Harnessing Technology, A – Action Plan for each threat and N – No access to financing.
Andhra Pradesh Chief Secretary, DGP along with Deputy CM Nimakayala Chinnarajappa attended the meeting and made several suggestions on behalf of the state Government. They have elaborated on the development activities take up by the government in agency areas of Vizianagaram, Vishakhapatnam and East Godavari districts. The state government is going ahead with two-pronged strategy of development and security in these dwellings. It mentioned that under NREGA, 200days of employment is being provided in these Maoist hit regions. It requested assistance from the central government to support eco-friendly tourism in tribal areas and setup three highways and Five new rail routes passing through agency areas.
Three proposed Highways
- Vishakapatanam Raipur 4lane highway corridor
- Vijayawada Jagadalpur 4lane highway corridor
- Rajamundry Vizianagaram corridor
Five proposed rail-routes
- Badrachalam Raigarh
- Araku Paderu
- Paderu Sileru
- Sileru Badrachalam
- Narsipatanam Road Chintapalli
The state government held that by augmenting transportation capabilities, it not only facilitates development activities, but also through tourism will give employment opportunities to the people.
The state government requested a CRPF battalion and setting up of Grey Hounds training centre as post bifurcation, there is no such centre in Andhra Pradesh. It also requested rupees 25 crores assistance of the 50crore rupees required to setup special Intelligence Branch in Amaravati. AP government requires around 1200 crore rupees to provide amenities and road facilities in the agency areas.
