The Home Minister today reiterated that the government will continue to follow its two-pronged approach of development and calibrated police action to deal with the Naxal problem. Mr P. Chidambaram has also called for full and proper utilization of the funds, provided by the Centre for development of the Naxal-affected areas.<br/><br/>Mr Chidambaram said this while addressng the a meeting of the Consultative Committee attached to his Ministry in New Delhi today. The Home Minister said that the debate on what should take place first- development or police action- is misplaced.<br/><br/>He said that the decision will vary from situation to situation and from State to State and no fixed prescription is possible.<br/><br/>Mr Chidambaram said that while In some areas, it may be possible to undertake some developmental activities, to be followed immediately by steps to strengthen security. In other areas, it may be necessary to first launch police action to regain control of the territory, followed by vigorous developmental activities. Drawing attention to anti-development activities of Naxalites, the Home Minister said that said that they have been destroying school buildings, roads, telephone towers etc. because development will wean away poor tribals from their grip.<br/><br/>Last year Naxals destroyed 71 school buildings, the re-building of which may take years, depriving tribal children of education. He told the committee that huge amount of money is being given to the State Governments for bringing about development in the 34 worst-affected Naxal districts under various programmes .<br/><br/>According to an official release members supported the Government’s two-pronged policy While stressing the need to improve the lives of poor tribal people through developmental activities, members said that violence must be dealt with firmly. They felt that without the help of local police and local people, it would be difficult to deal with the Naxal problem.<br/><br/>A couple of members suggested visit by an all-party Parliamentary delegation to the Naxal-affected areas to win the trust and goodwill of tribal people. Members also pointed out the need for good coordination between local police and central Para-military Forces and availability of actionable intelligence at the ground level.