Meeting to review Lalgarh development on Oct 27

As part of its strategy to keep development work at Lalgarh in top gear while continuing with the security operations to flush out Maoists...

As part of its strategy to keep development work at Lalgarh in top gear while continuing with the security operations to flush out Maoists,the state government will hold a meeting in West Midnapore on October 27 to review the progress of the work undertaken there.

To be presided over by Chief Secretary Asok Mohan Chakrabarti,the meeting will also be attended by Home Secretary Ardhendu Sen,DGP Bhupinder Singh and other senior officials of the state government. The developmental work at Lalgarh is going on in full swing and we are going there to take stock of the progress, Chakrabarti said.

Following the launch of the operation at Lalgarh on June 17,the state government had formed a task force headed by the chief secretary and it was assigned the task of taking up developmental work there. The task force comprising principal secretaries of several departments has already visited the place and held meetings with district officials and local people.

In West Midnapore district,there are 19 blocks which are dominated by tribals and the government has taken up several schemes to improve their living conditions. There are schemes under irrigation,agriculture,NREGA,Indira Awas Yojna,to name a few,and the government has pumped in a good amount of money to make these projects a success, West Midnapore DM N S Nikam said.

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