"The Centre has given funds for naxal-hit Balaghat district only so far, but its assistance was required in six more districts including Shahdol, Mandla and Dindori which were also affected," Gupta, who held a high level meeting with department and senior divisional cops here, told reporters.
Though the state was effectively combating and tackling the naxal issue as it cannot wait for the Centre's assistance, Gupta said, it was necessary to inform the Centre well in advance to meet any eventuality.
Madhya Pradesh had three main issues - organised crimes of dacoity, banned SIMI's activities and naxalism, he said.
However, the state had managed to contain two issues -- dacoity and SIMI -- to a large extent, he said.
The naxal problem is not restricted to MP alone, but it is a national problem, he said.
The Home Minister claimed that law and order of the state was much better as compared to others, and added that petty and momentary crimes would be monitored and controlled in a proper way in the state.
He said the Madhya Pradesh government was working on a massive project of installing CCTV cameras and tele- communication sanctioned at a cost of Rs 96 crore to connect all thanas and headquarters as criminals were getting tech-savvy and inter-state crime was also matter of concern. (MORE)
