ITANAGAR, 29 Apr: Reiterating the strategic importance of Arunachal Pradesh for the country, union MoS for Home Affairs Nisith Pramanik on Friday assured to “work out every possibility for resolving security issues in the state.”
The minister, who is on his maiden visit to the state’s capital, gave the assurance during a meeting with the police officers at the police headquarters here.
During the meeting, Pramanik was briefed on various issues, including insurgency in the TCL region; operationalisation of the Special Task Force (STF); modernisation of police forces; narcotics, shortage of police manpower, etc.
Pramanik assured to pursue the matter of narcotics in the state with the union home minister “for an early and decisive solution.” He further assured to take up the matter of increasing the Centre’s funding ratio for two sanctioned IRBns for the state from 75:25 to 100 percent.
In regard to the welfare of the people living in villages along the international borders, the union minister disclosed that Arunachal will be allocated adequate funds under the Centre’s new Vibrant Villages programme.
He invited a delegation of the state’s home department, headed by Home Minister Bamang Felix, to visit New Delhi with proposals concerning development and welfare of the police department and its personnel in the state.
Felix highlighted “the critical requirement for creation of three group centres in eastern, western and central part of the state to act as gated communities having inbuilt self-sufficiency for police personnel and their families.”
Apart from raising the funding ratio for two sanctioned IRBns, Felix sought the Centre’s continued support under the TCL action plan, inclusion of scope for housing projects for police under the Centre’s modernisation of police forces scheme, etc.
Earlier, Pramanik, along with Felix, MLA Hayeng Mangfi, DGP (in-charge) Chukhu Apa, IGP Apur Bitin, state’s security advisor SC Mohanty and other police officers visited the 1st AAPBn ground in Chimpu, where the state’s STF personnel demonstrated unarmed combat and hostage rescue techniques, and displayed weapons.
