Chhattisgarh to open schools in Maoist strongholds
December 5th, 2010 - 1:09 pm ICT by IANSRaipur, Dec 5 (IANS) Chhattisgarh will open three residential schools for boys in areas worst hit by Maoist violence, a statement said Sunday.
“The government will construct three ashram (residential) schools for boys with 50-seat capacity each in Dantewada district with Rs.94.42 lakh (over $208,000) on expenditure,” the statement said.
The ashram schools will come up at village Kasoli, Badepanera and Barsoor in the worst Maoist insurgency hit district of Dantewada. The public works department will construct the school buildings.
School education has been severely hit in tribal-dominated Dantewada. The state government allowed paramilitary troopers to station themselves in school buildings for carrying out anti-Maoist offensives and in turn rebels have bombed dozens of these buildings in forested pockets since 2005.
- Chhattisgarh getting schools vacated by security forces - Nov 25, 2010
- Chhattisgarh tightlipped over security forces vacating schools - Nov 19, 2010
- Steps taken to combat Maoists yielding results: Pillai - Jul 06, 2010
- Steps taken to combat Maoists yielding results: Pillai (Lead) - Jul 06, 2010
- Troopers housed in schools due to exigency: Chhattisgarh - Oct 28, 2010
- Chhattisgarh to set up ITIs in Maoist-hit districts - May 28, 2011
- Maoist protest week hits life in Chhattisgarh interiors - Jul 04, 2011
- Maoists kill villager, blast Chitrakot police post (Second Lead) - Feb 07, 2011
- Chhattisgarh on alert as Maoists mark anniversary - Sep 21, 2011
- Maoists open fire at six places in Chhattisgarh - Jul 14, 2010
- Anti-railway protest halts iron ore shipments (Lead) - Jan 19, 2012
- Maoist 'protest week' hits life in Chhattisgarh (Lead) - Jul 04, 2011
- Raman Singh begins rural drive from Maoist heartland - Apr 18, 2012
- Dantewada police chief shifted after Maoist attack - Dec 29, 2011
- Dantewada still burns, year after India's worst Maoist strike - Apr 05, 2011
Tags: ashram, dozens, lakh, maoist, pockets, rebels, residential schools, school buildings, school education, seat capacity, state government, strongholds, violence