Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis visits Kawande Police Outpost on Maharashtra-Chhattisgarh border

Gadchiroli (Maharashtra), June 06, 2025 (ANI): Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis visited the Kawande Police Outpost on the Maharashtra-Chhattisgarh border on June 06. This outpost was set up by the Maharashtra Police in March this year.“Kawande is like the first village at the border or the village that comes first after entry from Chhattisgarh. There is Abujhmarh forest nearby and even the administration could not reach here. But our Police opened an outpost here. Due to this outpost, not just Police dominance but we also filled a security vacuum. We also set up a 4G tower here. Police provided security and we provide government schemes through this outpost. So, this has built confidence among people,” said Devendra Fadnavis. “Under the leadership of PM Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah has pledged that we will make the country Naxalism-free by March 2026. So, good work is going on with that view. Maharashtra has taken this to its last stretch. But the problem was that large-scale recruitment was taking place in Chhattisgarh and Maoists came from there to carry out their operations here. Now, the new government in Chhattisgarh, in collaboration with the Centre, has broken the back of Maoists...Soon, we will fill the security vacuum in the entire area, there will be Police dominance and we will be able to achieve this March 2026,” he added. “We know that as soon as Naxalism in forests is eliminated, urban Maoists will get active extensively. We will have to face that as well because they want to defame our institutions, make people lose their faith in the institutions and anarchy come about in the country. This is what the urban Maoists attempt to do. The fight against this will continue,” he added.