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Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis connected Thursday (February 19, 2026) said the past disposable symbols of Maoist panic person been erased from Gadchiroli district, a time aft information forces demolished 44 Naxal memorials successful a coordinated operation.
In a statement, Mr. Fadnavis lauded the “brave constabulary unit of Gadchiroli” and said the cognition was not simply astir dismantling carnal structures but marked a decisive antiauthoritarian triumph implicit the clime of fearfulness that had gripped people’s minds for years.
He said the demolition of the structures marked a factual measurement towards eradicating Left-Wing Extremism from Gadchiroli. This enactment reflects the government’s unwavering committedness to restoring peace, strengthening information and accelerating improvement successful the region, helium said.
The Chief Minister said the memorials had been installed by Maoists successful distant and interior wood areas to dispersed fearfulness among section citizens and asseverate their presence.
Sustained anti-Maoist policies, including information operations, surrender initiatives, improvement projects and increasing nationalist trust, person brought a large alteration successful the concern successful the district, helium said.
The Gadchiroli constabulary person removed the past disposable symbols of Maoist terror, helium said.
In a associated cognition involving the territory police, elite C-60 commandos of the Maharashtra police, the Central Reserve Police Force and peculiar units, astir 800 unit carried retired a sanitisation thrust connected Wednesday (February 18), helium said.
Following inspection by weaponry detection and disposal squads, 44 Naxal memorials were demolished crossed delicate areas, including Etapalli, Hedri, Bhamragad, Jimalgatta, Dhanora, and Pendhari, Mr. Fadnavis said.
He said the occurrence symbolises Gadchiroli’s modulation from fearfulness to spot and from unit to development.
Gadchiroli, a territory successful the eastbound portion of the state, had agelong been a hotbed of Naxalite activity, serving arsenic a cardinal portion of the ‘Red Corridor’ of LWE successful India. The dense forests of the portion offered perfect terrain for Maoist insurgents.
The Centre has acceptable the deadline of March 31, 2026, to extremity the Naxal menace successful the country.
