The government is favourably inclined to the proposal for providing a helicopter to the State police for use in anti-naxalite operations.
Chief Minister K. Rosaiah will address a letter to Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram, requesting for allotment of a helicopter. This followed a plea by Director-General of Police R. Girish Kumar during a review of the law & order situation here on Tuesday.
Home Minister P. Sabitha Reddy later told reporters that once a helicopter was available, the police would be able to immediately reach the spot by air where the Maoists were sighted and take action.
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She said it was also decided to develop interior roads in Visakhapatnam district as any effective anti-naxalite operations would require good communication.