The Narayanpur District administration has evolved an elaborate action plan to rehabilitate insurgents who are giving up arms in the district.
The administration has decided to provide land besides financial assistance of Rs 50,000 each to the surrendered insurgents for construction of houses under Indira Awas Yojana, officials informed.Moreover, the district administration will develop a separate colony for the surrendered insurgents with electricity and water supply, they stated.
Under the supervision of District Collector Tamansingh Sonwani and Superintendent of Police Amit Kamble, the land has been allocated for providing housing to 20 surrendered insurgents. The area will have road and drains and will be developed as a colony.The Collector issued the directives to the officers concerned in this direction.
Apart from surrendered rebels, the administration will also provide land for rehabilitation of the 84 insurgency infested families. These families will also be provided financial assistance for construction of houses.
Surrendered Maoist Jagannath and Sadhna were happy and satisfied by the initiative taken by the administration for rehabilitation of insurgents.They said that they are presently living in rented accommodations and working with the Horticulture Department. "We will immediately construct our own houses once we get the land and finance as promised by the administration," they said.
Apart from providing house, the district administration is taking all possible steps for employment of the surrendered insurgents and infested families.The officers said that the surrendered insurgents are being provided training for self-employment like sewing and mason work. The women who avail the sewing training will get work of preparation of school uniform at their respective homes.
The men trained as Mason will get employment in the construction works undertaken by local construction agencies.Besides this the district administration has plans to provide training to these people for production of mushroom, incense sticks, poultry farm, pig farm and other income generating works.The administration is providing all possible help and support through coordinated efforts to help the insurgents who have abandoned the communist ideology to join the mainstream of society to lead life of an ordinary citizen, said Collector.