Bhubaneswar, August 14: While terrorism across the globe has been the fiercest threat for humanity, insurgence of Red Militants and Left Wing Extremism in India, is one of the greatest barriers before the Millennium Development Goals.

With the Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s in-time resolve for a ‘Naxal-free India by March 2026’, the nation is fighting terrorism unitedly with a multi-faceted approach that bore sweet fruits during a few months rigorous engineering. The innovative ideas involving the societies as a whole including the peace-loving people, peace-keeping Police and the swept-away ‘people against the nation’ i.e the human resources who are going astray lured by intangible nightmares, are inducted back to the mainstream.

Meanwhile, Odisha joined the nation’s emerging call in the ‘Battle for Peace’ to do away with LWE activities for good in & around its vicious borders with Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Telangana and Jharkhand, among some Maoist-infested deep and untrodden woods.

As of now, with the intervention of Odisha Police in symphony with other security forces and hill tribes along with other stakeholders of the society, Odisha has achieved the ever-cherished status of a Naxal-free state, prettier before the timeline underscored by the Union Home Ministry.

Not that the Odisha Police torn tattered the vulnerable red-zones on the borders and wreaked massive massacre in the impervious dens across the Odisha Forests having resounding hoarse of Maoists, resorting to mass encounters. Rather, the contingents transformed thousands of Naxalites & sympathizers inducting them to lay down their arms and ammunition spontaneously becoming unprecedented peace ambassadors.

With the new formulae that came instrumental in the Nakiti Deula forest in Sambalpur, transit of Kandhamal-Kalahandi-Boudh-Nayagarh KKBN Corridor and Rayagada-Malkanagiri-Kalimela borders in Odisha, no footprints of Maoist cadres are ever seen across the deserted forests. Thus, no blood stain is seen, no bang cracks of gunfire now reverberate here, where troops of red-militants were once on the prowl. On the other hand, absolute peace prevails in the valleys for the men & wild, bringing new dawns for the hill tribes.

How the Odisha Police, bounding with hurricaning forces & munitions yet became a volatile catalyst to synchronize violence & peace, purposefully to turn the red-rebellion into a movement for a social cause, eventually came out as a set of organized experiments.

According to IGP Central Range, Odisha Dr. Satyajit Naik, from ‘Insurgency to Inclusion’, the trudging feat of ‘Naxal-Free Odisha’ was a tripartite harmony between Police, Public and the ‘People against the Nation’.

Odisha becoming Naxal-free is not just the closure of a violent chapter. It marks the start of a bigger task — turning security success into lasting peace, development, and public trust.

For almost 20 years, Left-Wing Extremism cast a shadow over Odisha’s remote, forested areas. These regions faced violence, weak state presence, stalled development, and constant fear. Security forces made great sacrifices,while tribal and rural communities carried the heaviest burden.

Dr. Naik said, Odisha’s robust model of ending Naxalism was a paradigmatic shift that ranged from reactive operations to a coordinated security grid. SOG, DVF, COBRA, CRPF, BSF and other forces worked together to dismantle Maoist networks. Odisha Police credits this teamwork for the final breakthrough.

As Dr. Naik envisioned, the real winner in the long-fought battle against the red-rebellion is that, successful Governance reaches out the people with heart & soul with bouquets of developments.It was revealed during the interventions that poor governance lets insurgents fill the void. Thus pairing security with roads, schools, health centers, jobs, and digital access in the porous areas, are the better solutions to let people face off the anti- national wings.

Underlining the “AMA Police” model, the IGP said, it is the key for the post-Naxal phase. Security forces must now stay not because of addressing threats, but because of partnership — with villagers, tribal leaders, youth, women, and local institutions for their all round developments.

Dr. Naik said, 31 March 2026 will remain a 'Red Letter Day' for Odisha and the nation as a whole, as public policing, sustainable development in the porous areas, strategic interventions with immense social care have finally won over the long-run bloodbath and outrageous violence.

“I attribute the stupendous victory of peace over violence to the people, police forces, and governments of Odisha and Government of India for their unwavering support in the mission”, the IGP added.