Home is torn by conflicts, warns ministry

NEW DELHI, July 13: The Home ministry has painted a grim picture of the country8217;s internal security, stating that 210 out of the 535 districts, are affected by insurgency, ethnic conflict, extremism, caste clashes and other problems. This observation was made by the department secretary B P Singh before the parliamentary standing committee on home affairs. He said that 48 out of the 69 districts in north-eastern region, are affected by insurgency and ethnic violence and 10 districts in Jammu and Kashmir by militancy.

The situation in Assam is worse because 23 of its districts are badly affected by violence. While the situation in Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh and Meghalaya was comparatively peaceful, Nagaland was not that good, maintains the department report.