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Maoist insurgency in India’s Bastar region, once supported for delivering services, has devastated schools, health centers, and livelihoods, but government military gains suggest its end amid lasting damage.
The Maoist insurgency in India’s Bastar region, fueled by poverty and state neglect, long provided essential services like healthcare and crop pricing that the government failed to deliver, winning local support.
However, a new analysis reveals the conflict’s devastating toll: over 1,200 schools and 120 health centers destroyed, extreme poverty, high infant mortality, and an extortion economy.
Despite some gains in infrastructure due to rebel pressure, violence and repression harmed tribal communities.
With military advances, rehabilitation efforts, and key leader surrenders, the Indian government says the insurgency is nearing its end, though the long-term developmental setbacks persist.
La insurgencia maoísta en la región de Bastar en la India, una vez apoyada para la prestación de servicios, ha devastado escuelas, centros de salud y medios de vida, pero las ganancias militares del gobierno sugieren su fin en medio de daños duraderos.