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28 ANVC- B, 10 UALA cadres to get rehab package

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SHILLONG: The state government will extend rehabilitation packages to 28 cadres of Achik National Volunteer Council-B and 10 cadres of United Achik Liberation Army.
The rehabilitation package was earlier extended to 363 ANVC cadres, 135 ANVC-B cadres and 50 UALA cadres.
In a statement, the political department said on Thursday that in addition to the disbanded outfits, the government had also paid rehabilitation packages to the militants of GNLA, HNLC and other smaller outfits which were covered as per the rehabilitation scheme.
“Government is committed to rehabilitate the youth who had gone astray but had shunned the path of violence and have joined the mainstream”, the statement said.
It added that according to the rehabilitation scheme, those who surrendered were kept in designated camps and given counselling and skill training. Church leaders and psychologists are also involved to counsel them and help their comeback to the mainstream.
The government also appealed to the misguided youths to shun the path of violence and return to the mainstream.

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