Interestingly, the idea of setting up the regional coordination centre was mooted by the DGPs of the region and endorsed by the Union Home Ministry in 2008. But it has been pending finalisation because of the inability of the police chiefs to meet.
The Centre, it was proposed, would facilitate better communication of information between the Centre and the eight North-eastern States, as well as within the States.
According to highly placed sources, the police chiefs of the North-east were taken to task for not meeting even once during the past one year to finalise the coordination setup among the police forces of the eight States.
The regional security coordination centre is proposed to be either set up in Shillong or Guwahati, sources said.
Sources said the move was felt necessary because of movement of terror groups across the States, links between such groups across State boundaries and border-related issues with Bangladesh and Myanmar.
“There is a need for similar coordination mechanism across the States to take into account several issues which affect the States commonly. There is a free movement of groups across the State borders and international borders. Some groups have linkages with each other,” sources said.
The police chiefs of the eight States have suggested setting up of an intelligence coordination group for the region to counter terrorism and insurgency.
According to sources, such a centre was mooted a few years back but it failed to click owing to lukewarm response from the States. But last year, the Centre put its foot down laying down terms for putting in place such a mechanism.
A meeting – called by the Home Ministry of the chief Secretaries and Directors General of Police from the eight States, last year, and chaired by National Security Advisor MK Narayanan, and also attended by Cabinet Secretary KM Chandrasekhar, and the then Home Secretary Madhukar Gupta and representatives of Central security and paramilitary forces pushed the North-eastern States to expedite the process.
Besides, Union Home Minister P Chidambaram also endorsed the idea of setting up a regional security coordination centre for the North-east. The Centre has already rolled its plan to set up Multi-Agency Centre (MAC) and a Subsidiary MAC (SMAC). NEW DELHI, Sept 16 – After being pulled up, the police chiefs of the north eastern States are meeting in Shillong on October 26 to firm up plans to set up a regional security coordination centre. The DGPs and IGPs of the north-eastern States, meanwhile, held a panel discussion with top officials of the Home Ministry, Central paramilitary forces and Central intelligence agencies. The daylong meeting lasted till late in the evening.
Interestingly, the idea of setting up the regional coordination centre was mooted by the DGPs of the region and endorsed by the Union Home Ministry in 2008. But it has been pending finalisation because of the inability of the police chiefs to meet.
The Centre, it was proposed, would facilitate better communication of information between the Centre and the eight North-eastern States, as well as within the States.
According to highly placed sources, the police chiefs of the North-east were taken to task for not meeting even once during the past one year to finalise the coordination setup among the police forces of the eight States.
The regional security coordination centre is proposed to be either set up in Shillong or Guwahati, sources said.
Sources said the move was felt necessary because of movement of terror groups across the States, links between such groups across State boundaries and border-related issues with Bangladesh and Myanmar.
“There is a need for similar coordination mechanism across the States to take into account several issues which affect the States commonly. There is a free movement of groups across the State borders and international borders. Some groups have linkages with each other,” sources said.
The police chiefs of the eight States have suggested setting up of an intelligence coordination group for the region to counter terrorism and insurgency.
According to sources, such a centre was mooted a few years back but it failed to click owing to lukewarm response from the States. But last year, the Centre put its foot down laying down terms for putting in place such a mechanism.
A meeting – called by the Home Ministry of the chief Secretaries and Directors General of Police from the eight States, last year, and chaired by National Security Advisor MK Narayanan, and also attended by Cabinet Secretary KM Chandrasekhar, and the then Home Secretary Madhukar Gupta and representatives of Central security and paramilitary forces pushed the North-eastern States to expedite the process.
Besides, Union Home Minister P Chidambaram also endorsed the idea of setting up a regional security coordination centre for the North-east. The Centre has already rolled its plan to set up Multi-Agency Centre (MAC) and a Subsidiary MAC (SMAC).
