MAOIST AMBUSH IN CHHATTISGARH

MAOIST AMBUSH IN CHHATTISGARH
Twenty six personnel of the 39 Battalion of the Central Reserve Police Force were killed in a maoist ambush in Chhattisgarah’s Narayanpur district on Tuesday,28th June,2010.
70 CRPF personal were conducting a Road Opening operation(ROP) on foot on the Narayanpur-orcha road when the attack occurred.
The Narayanpur-orcha road is considered to be the gateway to Abujhmad, a 4000 sq km forested area that has been declared a liberated zone” by the maoist.
On April 6 this year, 75 CRPF Solders and a head constable of the chhattisgarh police were killed in an early morning Ambush in Dantewada district. On May 8, eight men of CRPF were killed in Narayanpur when naxals blew up a mine-proof vehicle
The number of lives that have been lost in the battle against the maoists-civilian and paramilitary is alarming. It is evident that the paramilitary forces are inadequate to meet the challenge.
The government says maoistsare our people and we should not use the armed forces to control them.The CRPF personnel are also our people, their lives are equally important, they also have families to take caree of. In two months, we have lost more than 100 of them. Why is the centre not taking any steps to rein in the maoists. No other country will tolerate such inhumane attackson its forces. It not known how many more lives will besacrificed before the government decides to act.
Lack of development in back ward areas such as Jharkhand,Chhattisgarh and parts of west Bengal is gthe main reason for the growth of Maoism.
The absence of development in the tribal areas of these states led to the growth of maoism and violence. Unless the government and other agencies took up the developmental issues of these back ward regions, militancy and violence cannot be stopped.
Union government and state governments must start some schools and vocational training centres in the areas to provide education and employment skills to the tribal people and other backward sections of society.The various religious sections must help the poor people in the back areas.
Prof.John Kurakar