Union Home Minister
Shri Rajnath Singh has said that strengthening coastal security is Centre’s
priority. He was addressing the 22nd Western Zonal Council Meeting in Mumbai
Centre asks Maharashtra to prepare Master Plan for salt land development.
Rajnath Singh emphasized
on better centre-state coordination for ensuring foolproof coastal security in
the country. Speaking at the 22nd Meeting of the Western Zonal Council in Mumbai,
the Home Minister observed that the states of the west coast of India, while
being among economically most developed, were also vulnerable to terrorist
strikes.
He said, in the light of the prevailing
security environment, it is Centre’s priority to bolster coastal security
through a series of measures, including modernization of police forces, better
surveillance and acquisition of modern equipment and assets.
The Home Minister said
Zonal Council Meetings have been playing an important role in addressing
several problems and obstacles. “They are an important instrument of
cooperative federalism” he added saying the meetings of all the five Zonal
Councils were held in 2015, only a third instance after 1972 and 2005.
Secretary, Inter-State
Council Secretariat, Ms. Naini Jayaseelan briefed media about the Meeting’s
proceedings and outcomes. The Council reviewed issues relating to coastal
security, internal security, issuance of bio-metric identity cards to fishermen
& issue of card readers, formulation of plans for countering terrorism,
modernization of police force etc. The Maharashtra Chief Minister Shri Devendra
Fadnavis’s proposal of establishing a Central Marine Police Force was also
discussed.
The Secretary further
said that other important issues discussed were Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana
(Urban) Mission, surplus lands of Central Government for ‘Housing for All :
2022’ and providing shelters to the urban homeless.
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