New Delhi, Aug 26: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday will take stock of the ongoing operations against Naxals and the development initiatives being undertaken in Maoist-hit areas, officials said.
Chief ministers or their representatives and top police and civil officials of 10 Naxal-violence affected states are expected to attend the meeting — a first of its kind after Shah assumed charge about three months ago.
Top officials of the paramilitary forces and home ministry will also attend the meeting.
“The home minister will review the ongoing operations against the Naxals and the development activities undertaken in the Naxal affected areas,” a home ministry official said.
The 10 Maoists-hit states are Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Odisha, West Bengal, Bihar, Maharashtra, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh.
According to a home ministry statistics, a total of 8,782 cases of Naxal violence were reported during 2009-13 as against 4,969 during 2014-18, a reduction of 43.4 per cent.
As many as 3,326 people, including security force personnel, lost their lives in 2009-13 as against 1,321 in 2014-18, a reduction of 60.4 per cent, the ministry said.
A total of 1,400 Naxals were killed between 2009 and 2018. As many as 310 incidents of Naxal violence were reported in the first five months this year across the country in which 88 people were killed.
