The Home Minister reviewed the situation in the five most naxal affected States in New Delhi on Thursday. Operational matters and availability of forces and their deployment were discussed at the day long meeting of Chief Secretaries and DGPs of Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Orissa, Bihar and Maharashtra. According to sources, the Centre has already made available about 50,000 central paramilitary forces in these states to fight the menace. Mr. Chidamabaram is also understood to have taken stock of development programmes to be carried out by the state governments in the Maoist-dominated areas once they are freed from the clutches of Naxals through operations. The meeting assumes significance as it comes immediately after the Jharkhand Assembly elections which delayed the much awaited large-scale coordinated anti-Naxal operations in the states. Sources said the Centre has already made available about 50,000 central paramilitary forces in these states. <br/>