Speaking to media persons after his arrival from Delhi, after attending the National workshop on Appropriate Development Strategies for effective implementation of Rural Development Schemes in IAP disrticts on 13th sep 2011, Collector Rayagada said that the government intends to have a real time assesment of the field situation in these 60 under developed and LWE afftected districts in the country from the field level machinery and devise appropriate policies for development. The honourable minister for Rural Development, Sri. Jairam Ramesh, was very keen about eliciting the feedback from the District Collectors and the ZP CEOs about the exisitng schemes for Rural development and how they can be improved.
Development in naxal affected areas is an intricate process, which requires coordinated efforts from the entire govt machinery including the security forces. This coordination can be seen as the strands of the rope, which when intertwined makes a strong rope that withstands any pressure. In naxal affected areas the development process can be effectively pushed forward by carefully roping in the capacities of different departments with that of the security forces of the state and the centre. The govt of India for this purpose has formed a three member committee, which is chaired by the Collector, and includes the Superintendent of Police and the DFO/DCF and given them funding under the Integrated Action Plan for development of critical gaps in the naxal affected areas. This ''Trimurti model" as it is popularly known now has effectively shown that when the felt needs of the people are addressed in the right earnest and in a timely fashion, it makes a big and good impact on the people and helps check the growth of naxalism and in the long run eradicate it totally.
The Collectors were unanimous about the suggestion that this model be continued for at least couple of years and that if the government trusts and supports its premier services, then the field officers can work out wonders, within a short period of time.
The Home minister and the prime minister also stressed the need for coordinated development in the naxal affected areas. The minister for Rural development also envisaged a bigger role for the Central para military forces in the development process on the lines of what is done in the most naxal afftected areas of Chattisgarh. For the state of Odisha, the DG CRPF was requested by the honourable minister to take up the work of Gurupriya bridge for the cut off area of Malkangiri, which has not been completed for many years now.
The Home minister and the prime minister also stressed the need for coordinated development in the naxal affected areas. The minister for Rural development also envisaged a bigger role for the Central para military forces in the development process on the lines of what is done in the most naxal afftected areas of Chattisgarh. For the state of Odisha, the DG CRPF was requested by the honourable minister to take up the work of Gurupriya bridge for the cut off area of Malkangiri, which has not been completed for many years now.
