Karnataka - Bangalore

`Woes of people in naxal-hit areas will be addressed'

Staff Reporter

BANGALORE: Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy on Wednesday said that the State Government was aware of the socio-economic conditions of the people residing in naxalite-affected areas and that all efforts would be made to address these issues. Addressing presspersons after a review meeting with officials, the Chief Minister said Revenue Secretary S.M. Jamdar had submitted a report to the Government on how to check naxal activities and improve the living conditions of people in those areas.

"To put an end to naxal activities in the State, we first need to improve the socio-economic condition of the people residing there. A rehabilitation package has been worked out for these people and we have already started implementing the recommendations made in the report, which also includes allotting land to the landless," the Chief Minister said.

The Chief Minister said he had not been able to visit the affected areas himself because of lack of time.

He congratulated the police officials and members of the Anti-Naxal Force (ANF) who gunned down a suspected naxalite in the thick forests of Kesumudi village near Kigga in Sringeri taluk on Monday night.

Mr. Jamdar told The Hindu that he had submitted the report to the Chief Minister last month.

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