Jagargunda village in Maoist hot bed in Sukma district some 90 km from Jagadalpur, which is situated 390 km from Raipur, is bound to live under the shadow of hovering horror on its head. A local force Salwa Judum was constituted by the jungal dwellers to take on with the Maoist menace was destined to be shattered while Maoist became offensive and started settling score with villagers in late 2005. And to protect the villagers from Maoist ultras an enclosed camp was set up by the Government to provide them security cover from Ultras in Jagargunda. The camp is encircled with barbed wire and the gate is closed at dot 6 pm. Reportedly out of this circle the intimidating ultra's regime exists with so full of their might.
However, Collector Sukma P Dayanad said that some 7,000 odd villagers were accommodated in 2006 while this camp was set up but now only 2,400 are left over here in the camp and that too only from three or four villages, he said.
People in Jagargunda camp live under the spell of terror day and night. Though security cover is provided to them by police and CRPF but because of any strange reason if one failed to return to the camp he or she has to stay out of the barbed wire fencing for entire night. Jagargunda once considered buzzing with activities and main trading centre of the region, but since 2005 the harmony and peace of this region vanished. As reported by our reporter there are 539 families are still living in the camp, contrary to only 400 people, the number collector claimed as the dwellers of the camp as of now.
Even dusty road led to Jagargunda is dug in by ultras in many places to prevent the communication making the life hell like for the villagers. Even food and other matters related to households are supplied to them by the Governments only twice or thrice in the year. On the other hand collector P Dayanand has claimed that PDS supply is restored to the camp and normalcy is returning there. People prefer to go to the nearby weekly market in Chiltalnar. Anganbadi programme is also restored and teachers are appointed in the schools of Maoist affected villages, close to the camp in order to bring back the education system on track over here, collector stated.