Union home minister P. Chidambaram will be on a two-day visit to Assam from Monday to review the law and order situation in the wake of largescale rioting in the state.
During his visit, the home minister will hold review meetings with senior police and civil officials, particularly in the districts of Kokrajhar, Chirang, Dhubri and Bongaigaon.
Mr Chidambaram is also to visit a some relief camps and review the relief and rehabilitation steps taken for those who lost their kin and suffered losses during the violence which so far claimed more than 50 lives.
The home minister will hold separate meetings with governor J.B. Patnaik, chief minister Tarun Gogoi and his council of ministers.
Mr Chidambaram’s visit comes close on the heels of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s visit to Kokrajhar on Saturday where he announced a Rs300-crore package for the affected people. The home ministry has so far made available 11,600 paramilitary personnel for the state to bring back normalcy in the riotaffected areas.
Meanwhile, with the situation in trouble-torn Western Assam limping back to normal, the authorities on Sunday relaxed curfew for the day.
However, in view of the proposed visit of Mr Chidambram and BJP leader L.K. Advani, the security scenario was reviewed by top police and civil officials.
Informing that the administration has not relaxed the night curfew, which will continue between 6 pm to 6 am, security sources said that there was no report of violence or clash from any part of Western Assam.
Kokrajhar, Chirang and Dhubri districts are the worst-hit among five affected districts, the two others — Bongaigaon and Baksa — were partially hit.
Meanwhile, Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi is scheduled to visit Dhubri on Monday. In the wake of the largescale migration to the district after the violence broke, Mr Gogoi is scheduled to visit relief camps to review the supply of relief materials and health facilities.
Following the death of at least two — a woman and children — in the relief camps of district, the Central government had to dispatch a team of doctors from New Delhi to provide medical care to the camp inmates.