JAMMU: Governor N N Vohra today called meetings with Chief Secretary B R Sharma, Director General of Police K Rajendra Kumar and Principal Secretary, Home, R K Goyal here to review internal security. Besides reviewing the current internal security situation in the State, the Governor also discussed several important matters including increase in the honorarium of SPOs; cases pending under SRO-43 in respect of Police personnel killed in operations; recruitment schedules for the recently sanctioned IR Battalions; vacation of lands by the Army and notification of field firing ranges.
The Governor, who recently addressed Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar regarding enhancement in the rental compensation for lands under Army’s occupation, would be shortly reviewing the return of certain pockets of lands presently held by the Army, as agreed to in the Army-Civil Co-ordination Committee. (AGENCIES)