<br/>Defence Minister A K Antony said there have been considerable improvements in the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir and it is time to give state police greater responsibility to tackle terrorism, especially in towns.<br/>AIR Jammu correspondent reports that while addressing troops at Satwari Cantonment in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday, Mr Antony said that on the request of the Defence Ministry, the Home Ministry has issued instructions to the CRPF to take over the entire responsibility of opening up of roads on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway from 15th January this year.<br/>Earlier, Defence Minister reviewed the security situation of the State particularly Jammu division at Unified Headquarters Meeting held in Jammu on Tuesday. The meeting was chaired by J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and was attended by top Army brass including Army Chief Deepak Kapoor, Defence Secretary, Pradeep Kumar besides representatives of State Police and Central Para Military Forces. <br/>The Defence Minister Shri AK Antony has asked the security agencies in Jammu & Kashmir not to be complacent and work towards consolidating the gains achieved in the last couple of years. Addressing the top brass of various security forces and agencies at the Unified Headquarters in Jammu during his day-long visit on Tuesday, Shri Antony said the synergy and hard work put in by the various security agencies, as also the local people, has brought down considerably the 'level of violence' in J&K though the attempts of infiltration has increased.<br/>Shri Antony said the year 2010 may prove to be a crucial one as forces inimical to stability and peace in J&K would make all-out efforts to neutralise the gains of 2008 and 2009 when the state witnessed considerable improvement in the security situation. He said that the incidents of the first week of January in the valley are indicative of the shape of things to come. Shri Antony said this in reference to the terrorist attack in Lal Chowk area of Srinagar.