Bermo (Bokaro), Rakesh Verma: The total number of booths under Dumri assembly constituency is 174, including Nawadih and Chandrapura blocks. There are total 129 booths in Navadih block and total 45 booths in Chandrapura block. Nawadih block is divided into two parts, one is the lower Ghat area of Nawadih and the other is upper Ghat area of Nawadih. Not only Bokaro, but once upon a time in the entire Jharkhand, the area of Uparghat was considered to be the most insurgency-affected area. Nawadih block has total 15 panchayats while Uparghat has nine panchayats. Apart from this, there are nine panchayats in Chandrapura block as well.
Chandrapura block was created at the time of reorganization of blocks
Chandrapura block was created at the time of reorganization of blocks in Jharkhand, in which total nine panchayats of Dumri assembly constituency were included in Chandrapura block. The number of booths in total 15 panchayats of Navadih block is 84 and the number of booths in nine panchayats of Upper Ghat is close to 45. All the booths of Uparghat come under the category of sensitive booths. There was a time when the villagers used to be deprived of voting due to the fear of Naxalites during assembly and Lok Sabha elections in Uparghat area. But, for the last one decade, the villagers of these areas go out to participate in this great festival of democracy and here the percentage of votes in Vis and Los remains up to 70-80 percent. Now the fear of Naxalites is almost negligible in these areas.
A look at the panchayats of Nawadih and Chandrapura block
There are a total of 15 panchayats in Ghat under Nawadih block. In which Kharpito, Potso, Surhi, Ahardih, Nawadih, Bhalmara, Chapri, Birni, Chirudih, Sahariya, Bhandra, Baradih, Dahiyari, Gunjardih and Parsbani are mainly included. While the total nine panchayats affected by militancy in Navdih block include Kanjkiro, Palamu, Goniato, Narayanpur, Kacho, Mungo-Rangamati, Pokharia and Barai panchayats. Whereas, Chandrapura, Bandio, Narra, Alargo (Panchayat of Late Education Minister Jagarnath Mahato), Taranari, Paplo, Tarngo, Telo West, Telo Madhya, Telo East are mainly included in the nine panchayats of Chandrapura block.
Earlier Bokaro thermal to Kochagarh railway station was included in Nawadih police station
The history of Nawadih police station of Nawadih block is very old. Some people tell the year of its establishment as 1800. Nawadih police station is mentioned in the survey of 1908. In which survey plotting, land, building is included. Earlier Bokaro Thermal Police Station, Kathara OP, Gandhinagar OP, Bermo Police Station, Chandrupara Police Station, Dugda Police Station, Bokaro-Jharia OP etc. all came under Nawadih Police Station.
There has been a long list of Naxalite incidents in Nawadih’s upper ghat
Even though Naxalite incidents have come to an end in Nawadih’s Upper Ghat area, there was a time when there used to be a long list of Naxalite incidents in this area. In the year 2004, Kamal Mahato, a resident of Mungo Rangamati under Uparghat, was strangled to death at Kanjkiro turn because he had got 37 Naxalites to surrender on the initiative of Lalchand Mahato, the former energy minister of the state. Anantlal Mahto, a resident of Kanjkiro, was shot dead near the crusher located in Kanjkiro just because he had actively participated in the Lok Sabha elections at Uparghat. The Naxalites picked up Jairam Mahto, a resident of Kani Mahua of Kachho panchayat, from his house and organized a public court in the Shukra Bazar shed of Palamu at night, on the charge of being a police informer.
Earlier, Tuti used to speak of Naxalites
Naxalites similarly killed Kachho resident Qudus Ansari in Kachho, Kachho resident Shahadat Ansari killed at Narki Chowk, Kachho resident Tulsi Turi killed in Melatad, Chowkidar Girdhari Mahto killed in Penk, Kajru Thakur killed in Tilaiya, Lahiya resident Shafiq Ansari and Muslim Miyan were killed by Naxalites in Lahiya. Tilak Miyan, a resident of Palamu, was murdered in the Shukra Bazar of Palamu and Jairam Mahto, a resident of Narayanpur, was murdered in the Shukra Bazar of Palamu in a police complaint. Apart from this, Naxalites also killed Kailas Turi, resident of Mungo, Subodh Kumar Ravi and his wife Kavita Devi, resident of Galhobar, watchmen Neelkanth Mahto and Puneet Kumar Mahto, resident of Kharki, on the charges of helping the police excessively and harassing the villagers. Was given