NC Hill firing echoes from Delhi Source: Sentinel AssamNEW DELHI, May 15:
The Centre today assured Union Heavy Industries and Public Enterprise Minister Santosh Mohan Dev that it would ensure security to the people working at the two connectivity projects — the NH-54 and the Railway Gauge Conversion — in North Cachar Hills where killings by suspected DHD(J) militants continue unabated.
According sources, in the Cabinet meeting today, Dev sought intervention of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh into the situation in NC Hills where as many as 11 people were killed today putting the works of the two connectivity projects to a grinding halt. Without wasting any time, the Prime Minister asked his security advisor MK Narayanan to look into the matter and take immediate action whatever necessary. This was followed by a meeting between Dev and Narayanan during which the latter told Dev that he had already formed a core committee to look into the security aspects of workers of the two national projects in NC Hills. Narayanan told Dev that he would make the members of the committee public tomorrow. Narayanan further assured Dev that the Centre would ensure tight security at the project sites so as to ensure their timely completion.
Narayanan further said that Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi and the Home Commissioner have been asked to send a detailed report on NC Hills situation to the Centre. “They have been asked to keep in touch with the Centre,” he added.
Meanwhile, Parliamentary Committee for Railways Chairman Basudev Acharya blamed it on the State Government for its failure to provide security to the workers at the project sites in NC Hills. Acharya also put the blame on the Centre as the two connectivity projects are national projects.
Surprisingly, the Rail Bhavan had no information on today’s attack on a train by militants in NC Hills. As Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav is in Singapore, this correspondent contacted the Railway Board Chairman as if to inform him of the incident. The Railway Board Chairman said that he would have to collect the information from the NF Railway.
According sources, in the Cabinet meeting today, Dev sought intervention of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh into the situation in NC Hills where as many as 11 people were killed today putting the works of the two connectivity projects to a grinding halt. Without wasting any time, the Prime Minister asked his security advisor MK Narayanan to look into the matter and take immediate action whatever necessary. This was followed by a meeting between Dev and Narayanan during which the latter told Dev that he had already formed a core committee to look into the security aspects of workers of the two national projects in NC Hills. Narayanan told Dev that he would make the members of the committee public tomorrow. Narayanan further assured Dev that the Centre would ensure tight security at the project sites so as to ensure their timely completion.
Narayanan further said that Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi and the Home Commissioner have been asked to send a detailed report on NC Hills situation to the Centre. “They have been asked to keep in touch with the Centre,” he added.
Meanwhile, Parliamentary Committee for Railways Chairman Basudev Acharya blamed it on the State Government for its failure to provide security to the workers at the project sites in NC Hills. Acharya also put the blame on the Centre as the two connectivity projects are national projects.
Surprisingly, the Rail Bhavan had no information on today’s attack on a train by militants in NC Hills. As Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav is in Singapore, this correspondent contacted the Railway Board Chairman as if to inform him of the incident. The Railway Board Chairman said that he would have to collect the information from the NF Railway.
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