Statistics of Naxal violence:

Deaths related to violence

Period

Civilians

Security forces

Insurgents

Total per period

1,610

432

1,007

3,049[84]

2002

382

100

141

623[85]

2003

410

105

216

731[85]

2004

466

100

87

653[85]

2005

524

153

225

902[86]

2006

521

157

274

952[86]

2007

460

236

141

837[86]

2008

399

221

214[87]

834[88]

2009

586

317

217

1,120[89]

2010

713

285

171

1,169[90]

2011

275

128

199

602[91]

2012

146

104

117

367[92]

2013

123

83

136

342[93]

19892001

TOTAL

6,615

2,421

3,145

12,181

Fear among the localites

Unreliable intel from local people
Territories being well known to the Naxalites, it can be well used by
Naxalites for deadly ambushes with the security forces
Extensive training should be imparted to security forces the CRPF and the
Garud commandos in the field of Jungle warfare
Naxalites will not easily attack urbanized areas
Naxalites exploit the extremely pathetic and poor conditions of the villagers
Supply of high tech arms, ammunitions and protective armor to security
forces-Night vision goggles, thermal imaging telescopes for long range
sniper rifles
Use of UAVs fitted with thermal imaging so as to easily detect suspicious
human activities deep beneath dense forest cover

A typical image from a thermal imaging camera (hotter objects brighter)

An MQ-9 UAV manufactured by General Atomics

A thermal imaging sniper rifle which can be a great advantage during night
operations
Monitoring of weapons smuggling activity
If source of arms supply eliminated, the threat can be drastically reduced
Civil administration has to play a pivotal role
Once a particular naxal affected area is cleared of all possible threats,
civil administration has to immediately go in and start infrastructure
development activities, open up education and business centers otherwise
this will just create a vacuum and a breeding ground for further violence

The red corridor across India:

Major militant groups in the north east :

Assam: ULFA,NDFB
Nagaland: NSCN-IM, NSCN-K
Manipur : Peoples Liberation Army
Reasons for northeast insurgency: Though cultural and ethnic diversity
per say are not causes for conflict, but one of the major problem areas
is that the Northeast is territorially organized in such a manner that
ethnic and cultural specificities were ignored during the process of

delineation of state boundaries

Failure of govt in these states