IMPHAL, Aug. 10: Manipur Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh on Monday chaired a high-level Combined Headquarters (Unified Command) security meeting in Imphal to review the prevailing law-and-order situation and security along the state’s National Highways.
The meeting, held at the Chief Minister’s Secretariat, was attended by senior officials of the Manipur government, Army, central armed police forces and intelligence agencies.
Chief Secretary Puneet Kumar Goel, Advisor (Security) Kuldiep Singh, DGP Mukesh Singh, ADGP (Intelligence) Lhari Dorjee Lhatoo, Major General Gaurav Sharma, IGAR (South), Major General Subhankar Basu, GOC 57 Mountain Division, and IG CRPF (M&N Sector) Rajendra Narayan Dash were among those present.
Senior representatives of central security and intelligence agencies, including the Joint Director of the Subsidiary Intelligence Bureau, Deputy Inspector General of the BSF, Commandant of the ITBP and Officer Commanding of the SSB in Manipur, also attended.
Khemchand reviewed the overall security and law-and-order situation, with particular focus on security along the National Highways.
Following the Unified Command meeting, the Chief Minister chaired another meeting with senior security officials and transport representatives to discuss the early resumption of the Imphal-Guwahati and Imphal-Dimapur bus services.
The move came days after Khemchand, Deputy Chief Minister Nemcha Kipgen and Saitu MLA Haokholet Kipgen jointly announced the resumption of the two inter-state bus services at Kangpokpi district headquarters on August 8.
The government is working with security agencies and transport representatives on arrangements to restart the services, which are expected to improve road connectivity between Manipur and Assam and Nagaland.
The security review came amid efforts to strengthen security along key transport corridors and facilitate the restoration of normal movement across the state.
