India: Assam CM Reviews Relief & Rehabilitation And Security Arrangements: 1,76,440 Inmates In 136 Relief Camps

Guwahati, December 28 : Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Sunday reviewed the situation for Relief & Rehabilitation and Security arrangements and issued instructions to state government officials towards improving the situation and take effective steps for maintaining law and order and providing relief materials to the affected people.

During a high level meeting held at Guwahati the Assam Chief Minister had instructed to the senior officials of civil and police including Chief Secretary, DGP, Principal Secretary, Home and officers from other departments viz. Health, PHE etc reviewed both the situation for Relief & Rehabilitation and Security arrangements and towards improving the situation and take effective steps for maintaining law and order and providing relief materials to the affected people.

“The overall situation in the violent-hit affected areas of Sonitpur and BTAD has remained peaceful with no fresh incidents of violence reported from any part of the State during the last 48 hours which has remained incident free. Curfew has been relaxed in all the districts following gradual improvement in the overall situation. Camp inmates have been found to be ready to go back in a number of places,” a top official of Assam government said.

Assam DGP Khagen Sarma said that, 50 additional companies of Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) had already deployed in the affected districts.

“These companies are being deployed in the vulnerable pockets to instill confidence amongst people and encourage them to come back to their homes,” the Assam DGP said.

The state government has already released an amount of Rs. 3.04 crores to the Deputy Commissioners of the concerned districts for the construction of temporary barracks to accommodate the additional companies.

“There have been report rumour mongering reported particularly in Kokrajhar and Chirang districts. The State Government has appealed to all sections of the people not to give credence to rumours and also not spread rumours, and remain calm and maintain peace and harmony,” the government official said.

Four senior officers deployed in the field will continue to remain deployed till a major reduction in the camp inmates is attained.

The State government said that, a total of 441 (Male 240, Female 201) Adivasi people had took shelter in relief camp under Kumargram Polie station of Alipurduar district in West Bengal and 800 Bodo community people at Namaro in East Kameng district of Arunachal Pradesh.

The total death toll in the Violence stands at 78.
A total of around 370 houses have been burnt by miscreants following the incidents of violence.

The Police have registered 14 cases of which 4 cases had handed over to National Investigation Agency (NIA) through the Government of India.

On other hand, the state government said that, a total of 1,76,440 inmates took makeshifts shelter in 136 relief camps.

“Out of these camps, 64 have mainly Bodo inmates and 72 have Adivasi inmates. Number of inmates belonging to Bodo and Adivasi Communities is 61,003 and 1,15,337 respectively,” the state government official said.