NAXAL PROBLEM ASSUMING GIGANTIC PROPORTION !

The naxal problem has assumed gigantic proportion in various states of the country with Chattisgarh being the most talked about state where killings of the security forces and the maoists in the counter insurgency operations have almost become the order of the day.

The states like Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Maharashtra in Gadchiroli, Chattisgarh in Dhantewada, Odhissa in particular are the main centres which are interconnected in terms of naxal activities.The grusome and diabolical killings of 76 troopers in Dantewaada in 2010 followed by the recent killings of several other security forces jawans in the same district through land mine bombings and lynching of the Congress president of Chattisgarh including several other politicians few years ago are some of the gravest incidents that have finally compelled the union home ministry to start a special drive to wipe out the increasing naxal invasion and as a result the security forces have started their deep combing operations in several naxalite infested areas of the country with Chattisgarh’s Dantwada being the centre of special focus.

If we go by the statistics of some of the major terror atacks by the naxalite insurgents in Chattisgarh alone during the last eight years since 2010 the total naxalite killing figure shockingly comes to over 274 numbers which includes the lynchings of security forces troopers in Dantewaada in 2010 , Bheji in 2017, Jhiram in May, 2013, Tadmelta in April 2010, Narayanpur, in June 29, 2010 and in Beejapur on March 15, 2013.

Just yesterday, the Chattisgarh police has achieved a huge success in killing 11 hard core Maoists that included three women in an encounter that lasted for several hours.

In the month of April too the Maharashtra police and the security forces had killed more than thirty naxalites in the naxalite infested Kasnapur forests in Gadchiroli considered to be one of the most sensitive maoist hide outs.

The union home minister Rajnath Singh and the home secretary Rajeev Gauba has said that the naxalites are slowly but steadily losing their areas of influence in the country compared to the situation in 2010 and the rate of naxalite fatalities have also come down considerably as the government of India has not only allocated over 1000 crores for the anti naxal insurgency operations as well as for carrying out developmental projects in the naxal infested areas but has also armed the security forces with the hi tech unmanned areal vehicles, latest guns and automatic rifles, anti bomb resistence equipments , shoes and other techological devices.

There were earlier in all 140 districts in the country which were badly inflicted with naxal menace but the number has now come down to ninety. During the UPA government anti naxal cobra force was also established to counter the naxalite attacks in various parts of the country but little is heard about them now.

Hundreds of thousands of crores have so far been spent by the central and state governments to effectively deal with the increasing Naxal menace but little is heard in terms of countering this deadly problem.

The intelligence agencies, the security forces involved in the anti maoist operations and the state police of the naxal infested areas should maintain the best possible coordination in order to counter the growing naxalite activities compounded with developmental projects like roads’ infrastructure, water, health, agricultural and educational facilities for the tribal population of these naxal infested areas. What’s your take, friends?