Peace process begins in Maoist-hit village

NEW DELHI: Months after breaching the Maoist bastion of Puvarti in Sukma district of Chhattisgarh, security forces on Saturday made further inroads in the region with the opening of a new camp in Golaguda village, one of the remotest parts of the district.

- Prawesh Lama

The new camp in Golaguda is about 7km deeper than Puvarti into the jungles of Sukma and is expected to give a significant boost to the government's campaign against Left-wing extremism, officials familiar with the matter said.

"A new camp has been set up in Golaguda today which is further inside Puvarti. We will soon be providing all amenities to the residents of the village. They will get all benefits that they were deprived of because of Naxals," one of the officials cited above said requesting anonymity.