Security cover for rail sites
under the Lumding-Silchar broad gauge project.
Security cover for rail sites
- Delhi to provide protection to projects
A STAFF REPORTER
TELEGRAPH INDIA
Silchar, July 2: In a move that will be very welcome to
the Northeast, the Centre has decided to provide security
cover to work sites of Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR).
Of 76 different sites identified as requiring security
cover, Delhi has agreed to provide protection to 45 sites
at different project locations, sources said. The move
came after much concern was raised over the fact that work
was being held up owing to the lack of security.
A total of 13 people, who were working at various project
sites, was killed by militants last year. Most of the
sites are under the Lumding-Silchar broad gauge project.
These figures were revealed at a meeting convened by the
DoNER ministry in New Delhi on June 19 to discuss rail
connectivity in the Northeast.
Though work is in progress on the Lumding-Silchar gauge
conversion line after the incident last year, it is still
rather slow as many contractors are not willing to work
owing to the prevailing situation.
Adequate security cover will be required for completing
the project on time, sources said.
The meeting decided that security for every worksite on
the Lumding-Silchar gauge conversion national project
would be provided on the lines of the Kumarghat-Agartala
new line project for curbing extortion and militant
activities.
The meeting decided that state governments and the Union
home ministry should address security concerns at the
project sites. It noted that the protection provided by
the Tripura government at rail project sites was exemplary
and worth emulating by other state governments.
It was also noted at the meeting that problems about
providing security, clearing forest land and land
acquisition were leading to a “wastage of capacity”.
Dispur was urged to resolve these issues expeditiously.
The meeting decided that there was a need to estimate
security requirements and ensure that security
considerations do not stand in the way of meeting
financial or physical targets.
“A comprehensive monitoring mechanism, with
representatives from all stakeholders, should be
established to regularly and frequently review the
progress of work and the removal of roadblocks,” the
minutes of the meeting stated.
The meeting noted that only four per cent of the country’s
railway network is located in the Northeast. At the same
time, it observed that the railway ministry has
consistently spent over 10 per cent of its gross budgetary
support (GBS) on the Northeast. This has been increasing
year after year and has now reached almost 15 per cent of
GBS.
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