Imphal, Nov. 7 -- The Manipur government has introduced a mandatory Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for district-level security review meetings to strengthen inter-agency coordination, intelligence sharing and public safety across the state.

The directive, issued by order of the Governor and signed by Chief Secretary Rajeev Singh Thakur on Friday, requires every district to conduct high-level security review meetings at least once every fortnight. Additional meetings may be convened whenever local security conditions warrant.

Under the new guidelines, District Magistrates (DMs) will chair the meetings, while Superintendents of Police (SPs) will coordinate inputs from the participating security and intelligence agencies.

The SOP make...