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Raipur, August 07, 2025: Chhattisgarh government has taken an ambitious project of rehabilitation of Naxal-affected families and surrendered Naxalites by constructing about 3000 houses under a special project.
Chhattisgarh government has made a special request to the Central Government and got 15 thousand houses approved under a special project for surrendered Naxalites and families affected by Naxal violence who were not able to come under the eligibility conditions of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, official sources said today.
Chief Minister Vishnu Dev Sai said that the government is continuously taking initiatives to connect every family of Naxal-affected remote forest areas with the mainstream of development.
Under the special project, out of the five thousand families found eligible in the state so far, housing has been approved for three thousand families and the first installment for housing construction has been released to 2111 families and the second installment to 128 families.
The houses of these families living in remote forest areas are being built rapidly. The PM house approved under a special project for Sodi Hungi of Sukma and Dashri Bai of Kanker, affected by Naxal violence, has been completed in just three months despite the remote area and difficult geographical conditions. After approval in March this year, the construction of their houses started in May.
Happiness has started knocking again in the families of surrendered Naxalites and those affected by Naxal violence in Bastar. Their permanent houses approved under a special project are rapidly taking shape. Despite being a remote and difficult geographical area, with the courage of these families and the help of the government and administration, their dream homes are taking tangible shape.
This special project is not only a concrete step towards the rehabilitation of families affected by Naxalism in Chhattisgarh, but is also a milestone in the rehabilitation of the affected families.
Construction completed in three months despite difficult terrain and adverse conditions.
Dasri Bai Nuruti’s husband Doghe Nuruti, who lives in Uliya Gram Panchayat of Koylibeda development block, about 200 km from Kanker district headquarters, died in a Maoist incident during the assembly elections. Her house was approved in March this year under the special project for Naxal-affected families in the PM Awas Yojana. Construction of her house started in May. Now, the construction of her house has been completed in a short period of just three months.
Due to Dasri Bai’s courage, the house was ready in a very short time despite difficult conditions and her family got a permanent house.
Dasri Bai says due to being a forest and remote area, there were many practical difficulties in the construction of the house. Being very far from the development block headquarters, there is no route for four-wheelers. Due to this, there were many difficulties in bringing construction material. It was very difficult to reach even by two-wheeler during rains, due to which masons and workers refused to reach on time. Being an interior area, bringing construction materials was more expensive than in a normal area.
Dasri Bai says that she got a lot of support from the Kanker district administration, Gram Panchayat and Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana officials in completing the housing work quickly. Gram Panchayat and housing team helped a lot in delivering construction materials and arranging masons and labourers.
She says that the government has made a sensitive and effective policy for the rehabilitation of Naxal victims and surrendered Naxalites. With the continuous support of the government and administration, her permanent house has been built in a very short time.
Sodi Hungi, who lived in a kutcha house with a leaking roof for years, is now living in a new permanent house with her family.
Sodi Hungi of Oiras, a village of Gadiras Gram Panchayat of Sukma district, has also built her permanent house in three months. In the year 2005, her husband Masa Sodi was murdered by Naxalites on suspicion of being an informer. Her family was forced to live in a kutcha house for years in poverty, where leaking roofs and poisonous insects were a threat to life during the rainy season.
When the house was approved under a special project in the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Rural), Sodi Hungi received a total of Rs 1.35 lakh in three installments in a phased manner. Due to the technical guidance and periodic monitoring of the Gram Panchayat, the construction of her house was completed in July this year. Now she lives with her family in her new pucca house.
