75 years have passed since the establishment of democracy in India, but for the first time on Monday, police was able to reach a part of the country.
This area is not a remote island or coastal area but is Gardewada in Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra itself.
Till date, police had no access to this Naxal affected area. For the first time a post has been built here.
This district, situated on the border area of Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra, has been under the influence of Naxalites and there have been fierce attacks on security forces.
Now the post built here is situated just 5 kilometers away from Maoist stronghold Abujhmad. In this context, this post will be important in dealing with Naxalites.
About 600 commandos had gone to establish this police post. During this time, they also kept a watch on the possibility of Naxalites hiding in landmines and bushes.
Establishing a police post in this inaccessible area was such a difficult task that these commandos had to walk 60 kilometers to reach Gardewada.
Not only this, after reaching there, about 1500 people were employed and working quickly, a permanent post was built in a single day. This complex will also have adequate facilities for police personnel to stay and there will be strong security arrangements.
This post will be very important from strategic point of view as it is in Etapalli taluka of eastern Vidarbha, which is close to Abujhmad.
On the other hand, it is also only 5 kilometers away from Marbeda Police Camp located in Kanker, Chhattisgarh. This area has been known as the cave of Maoists.
There have been training camps of Naxalites here. Apart from this, they have also been hiding their weapons here. The reason for this is that they consider this area very safe from their point of view because the security forces did not have access here till now.
Gardewara came into limelight in 2019 when Maoists created chaos in a polling camp during the Lok Sabha elections. Maoists had carried out three blasts here.
A big drain also flows here, which has a lot of water during the rainy season. Due to this, this area remains cut off from the rest of the region for several months in a year.
In such a situation, it is easy for Maoists to hide here. It is being said that after the establishment of this police post, a bridge will also be built.