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Source: TH
IAS officer R. Vineel Krishna, Special Secretary to Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, recently visited Swabhiman Anchal in Odisha’s Malkangiri district (once a bastion of left-wing extremists (LWEs)). This was Mr Krishna’s first visit to the region after being abducted by armed cadres of the CPI (Maoist) in February 2011.
The region was “cut off” from three sides and was the centre of the CPI Maoist activities. However, a slew of development projects such as:
- Gurupriya Bridge, ₹100 crores under the SETU scheme and,
- Confidence-building measures by officers like Vineel Krishna have now led to the region being completely sanitized from Maoist influences and integration of the people into the State’s administration.
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