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Amit Shah Chairs Northern Zonal Council Meeting in Faridabad Today

Leaders seek to use the advisory forum as an action platform for faster justice delivery.

Overview

  • Chief ministers, lieutenant governors and senior officials from Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Rajasthan, Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh and Chandigarh are participating.
  • Top agenda items include speeding investigations of sexual offences against women and children and expanding Fast Track Special Courts for quicker case disposal.
  • Implementation priorities feature the Emergency Response Support System (ERSS-112) and providing brick‑and‑mortar banking access within reach of every village.
  • The council will also take up regional coordination on nutrition, education, health, electricity, urban planning and cooperative systems.
  • Organised by the Inter‑State Council Secretariat and hosted by Haryana, the meeting has drawn added attention after a recent Faridabad explosives seizure, with any links to recent blasts reported as under investigation.