Govt. to establish northeast cell soon

The Delhi government would soon form a dedicated unit to handle, and efficiently resolve, issues confronting the people from northeast residing in the Capital. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal made the announcement in this regard on Monday.

Mr. Kejriwal agreed to set up the “North East India Support Cell and Monitoring Committee” during a meeting with a delegation comprising members from several north eastern states at the Delhi Secretariat here in the afternoon.

“We will set up the cell immediately to have a better coordination and resolution of your issues. The cell will look into all your problems and demands, we will put people who understand your problems in the cell,” Mr. Kejriwal told the delegation.

According to a government official, the delegation that called on the Chief Minister submitted a memorandum listing the demands and expectations of what it claimed were “nearly the 7 lakh-strong” north eastern community comprising mainly students and working professionals, from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Government.

The Chief Minister said the move aimed at ensuring relatively “better resolution of any kind of problems” faced by the north east Indian community settled in Delhi. Members from the delegation are also understood to have apprised Mr. Kejriwal of their joint efforts with the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) on the issue of women's security and what they claimed was a “high crime-rate” against them.

In relation to their demand for the inclusion of northeastern culture in the curriculum of schools under government-run schools, the Chief Minister asked the members of the community to help design the syllabus and put them in touch with officials of the state Education department.