Union home minister P. Chidambaram, after getting a “feel of the situation” vis-à-vis security, law and order in Jammu region during his two-day visit to Jammu and Kishtwar districts, on Friday had a recipe for security agencies to wipe out terrorism, already waning in five hilly districts.
“Motivate youth to take up sports and other activities, engage them in innovative creative ventures to positively channelise their potential besides creating employment opportunities to ensure that they don’t get astray,” formed the core of Mr Chidambaram’s formula which he offered to the senior officers of the police, paramilitary forces and civil administration at Kishtwar.
Mr Chidambaram, accompanied by chief minister Omar Abduallah, deputy chief minister Tara Chand and the top brass of security agencies and civil administration, was reviewing the security and law and order situation of five terrorism infested hilly districts of Kishtwar, Doda, Ramban, Reasi and Udhampur before winding up his two-day visit to Jammu region.
Mr Chidambaram’s comments came after he was provided with data about terrorism related incidents in the past three years in these five districts, including the number of encounters, active militants and other security-related details both through documents as well as Powerpoint presentation.
Official inputs from security agencies was that the situation had improved considerably and it was stabilising while the terrorists were on the run. The terrorism can totally be wiped out if the infiltration is checked on the borders, he was told.x