Thanking the Odisha government for extending cooperation to the Centre in its fight to curb Naxalism, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said that from 2015-2019, there has been a 30 per cent decrease in the number of naxal incidents.
The insurgency-hit Bastar region, which has been battling Naxalism for around three decades, in Chhattisgarh is witnessing a positive change in terms of communication revolution as the Government of India has installed 525 mobile towers in the naxal-hit districts.
Earlier infamous for left-wing extremism, Bastar is otherwise blessed with dense forests, waterfalls and rivers, making the region a green utopia on earth.
Developmental works coupled with rehabilitation-cum-surrender policy of Chhattisgarh government are emerging as a wind of positive change in the worst insurgency-hit Bastar region and a significant example of this is naxal cadres are shunning the path of violence to join mainstream of the
There are several police personnel undertaking their social responsibility and in the same direction, police personnel have established a school 'Police Ki Pathshala', wherein they teach students in their free time.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday said that while Prime Minister Narendra Modi is engaged in uniting the country and ridding it of terrorism, Naxalism and anarchy, some people are busy trying to break it in the name of caste, region and language.
Shah said that Naxalism would end in a few days in Jharkhand under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and added that new development avenues would also open soon.
"In past few years, all governments have acted responsibly to demolish ground network of terror...We need to handle it by combining our forces. We will have to defeat all forms of Naxalism - be it gun-totting or pen-wielding, we will have to find a solution for all of them" PM Modi said.<