Shillong, July 23: Union Home Minister Amit Shah will hold a meeting with Chief Ministers, Chief Secretaries and Director General of Police (DGP) of eight North Eastern States on Saturday in Shillong and discuss the law and order, Covid-19 situation and other issues of the region, officials said on Friday.

Officials in Shillong and Guwahati said that Shah during his two-day tour in Meghalaya and Assam, would also attend some other events and inaugurate several projects in the two northeastern states.

The Home Minister, who met the Governors, Chief Ministers and other officials on January 23 while addressing the 69th plenary session of the North Eastern Council (NEC) in Shilling, would chair a meeting of Chief Ministers, Chief Secretaries and DGPs of all eight northeastern states on Saturday and review the law and order, Covid-19 situation and other issues including inter-state border troubles.

The all important meeting would be held at the North Eastern Space Applications Centre (NESAC) headquarters at Umiam and would also discuss the functioning and future plans of the space science and technology centre of the mountainous region.

Being the chairman of the NEC, a regional planning body, the Union Home Minister by virtue of his post is also the President of the NESAC.

Minister for Development of the North Eastern Region (DoNER) G. Kishan Reddy, Union Minister for Science and Technology (Independent Charge) and Space Jitendra Singh, Indian Space Research Organisation Chairman K. Sivan are also expected to attend the NESAC review meeting.

The NESAC, which is a joint venture of the Department of Space (DoS) and the NEC, utilising the advanced space technology, helps and guides the northeastern states in undertaking various developmental projects and schemes including estimating natural resources.

The NESAC, set up in September 2000, is well equipped with the state of the art facility in the areas of remote sensing and geographical information system, disaster management, satellite communication and space and atmospheric science research.

During the two-day (Saturday-Sunday) visit in Meghalaya, the home minister would also inaugurate a cryogenic oxygen plant at Umsawli, inaugurate the inter-state bus terminus at Mawiong, afforestation project at Wahshari in Sohra, inaugurate Greater Sohra Water Supply Scheme at Khliehshnong and visit the headquarters of the Assam Rifles in Shillong before leaving for Guwahati on Sunday.