Aiming to end Naxalism by next March, Centre working on four-pronged strategy

Security forces told to place networks aiding the Naxalites.

With the Centre directing information forces to absorption connected processing regions that person been sanitised pursuing the extermination oregon apprehension of Naxals, the accent has present shifted to establishing captious roadworthy connectivity infrastructure successful Left Wing Extremism (LWE)-affected areas.

According to apical information officials acquainted with the developments, during Home Minister Amit Shah’s reappraisal of the concern successful Chhattisgarh past month, constabulary and paramilitary forces were instructed to instrumentality a four-pronged strategy aimed astatine eliminating LWE from the state by March 31, 2026.

In the archetypal phase, referred to arsenic the operative vertical, information forces person been tasked with identifying and investigating the proviso web modules supporting the ultras, peculiarly those based successful semi-urban areas.

These overground workers signifier a captious quality and logistics web for the Naxals. The Centre has directed information unit to either transportation them to surrender and reintegrate into the mainstream, oregon apprehension them erstwhile credible grounds of their engagement successful convulsive activities is established.

The Tribune has reported astir this strategy of the Centre earlier.

In the 2nd stage, known arsenic the improvement vertical, the absorption is connected implementing improvement initiatives successful areas formerly dominated by Left Wing Extremism (LWE), erstwhile they person been efficaciously sanitised.

The 3rd signifier involves reopening roadworthy routes that were antecedently unopen owed to LWE-related violence, sources said.

As portion of this effort, CRPF Director General GP Singh past week met Border Roads Organisation (BRO) Director General Lt General Raghu Srinivasan, who briefed him connected cardinal roadworthy and connectivity projects successful LWE-affected areas. The gathering was seen arsenic strategically significant, with sources noting that enhanced infrastructure volition not lone amended operational ratio successful anti-Maoist operations but besides spur socioeconomic development.

While reopening roadworthy routes remains a cardinal priority, halfway LWE-affected areas successful Chhattisgarh are besides acceptable to summation obstruction connectivity. The Railway Ministry has initiated a determination survey for a projected 169-km obstruction enactment linking Kothagudem successful Telangana to Kirandul successful Chhattisgarh. This enactment volition traverse the Naxal-affected districts of Sukma, Dantewada and Bijapur, which presently deficiency railway access.

Meanwhile, nether the 4th stage, the Centre has instructed information forces to undertake confidence-building measures by countering misinformation campaigns and mendacious narratives being propagated by the dwindling cadre of Naxals among villagers successful Chhattisgarh’s forested interiors, sources added.