Initiatives

Police projects and community policing programmes.

Project Udan

In order to provide high-quality vocational training to educated unemployed youth in Gadchiroli district, the Gadchiroli Police Department, through the Police Dadalora Khidki, launched the initiative 'Project Udaan' on March 3, 2023. Under this initiative, the Employment Skill Institute, Gadchiroli has been registered under the name of the Police Superintendent's office. Through this institute, vocational training is being provided to unemployed youth. • Unemployed youth in Gadchiroli district are being given opportunities for skill-based training in fields like nursing, electrician, JDA, hospitality, security guard, as well as self-employment training in fast food, beauty parlour, tailoring, two-wheeler mechanics, pickles and papad making, poultry farming, goat farming, and duck farming. • Special efforts are being made through Project Udaan to encourage sports players in volleyball, kabaddi, marathon, archery, and athletics, providing them with opportunities. •Through the Employment Skill Institute under the Police Superintendent's office, Gadchiroli, youth are being trained as software developers, web developers, pre-police recruitment training, vehicle driver training, and security guard training. So far, 13105 unemployed youth have been provided with employment and self-employment training through Project Udaan

Establishment of a New Police Station at Kawande on the Chhattisgarh Border

The Gadchiroli Police Force has established a new Police Station at Kavande under Sub-Division Bhamragad on 09.03.2025 to develop the Maoist-prone Gadchiroli district, a remote and inaccessible area where many tribals are still deprived of development and to curb the activities of Maoists. Similarly, the people of Karvade village have adopted the path of development by imprisoning the Naxals. While constructing the police station, a 6 km kutcha road was constructed from Poste Nelgunda to Poste Kavande in 2 days. Also, a total of 07 new posts / POMKs have been created in the last 02 years.

One Village, One Library

"One Village One Library" was established at Poste, Upposte and Pomke through the Gadchiroli Police Force Police Dadalora Window. The youth living in the most remote areas of Gadchiroli district should be brought into the government stream for their all-round development as well as to get access to intellectual and artistic qualities and to increase their ideological ability so that they do not get attracted to Maoist ideology. One village one library has been established so that they can get information from reading about various local, regional, national, international events happening in the world and to increase their inclination towards competitive exams through the library.

New police station to be set up at Nelgunda in Gadchiroli

The Gadchiroli Police Force has established a new Police Station at Nelgunda under Sub-Division Bhamragad on 30th January, 2025 to stop the entry of Maoists from the border areas of both Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh to Gadchiroli district to promote development in the wake of Maoist menace in Gadchiroli district. The police station was inaugurated by the villagers. The Police Station Nelgunda, located just 600 meters from the Chhattisgarh State Border, will be a milestone for the safety and all-round development of the citizens of the ultra-remote Nelgunda and surrounding villages so that they can come into the mainstream of development.

Student Police Cadet Programme

The 'Student Police Cadet Programme' is a national level initiative of the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India under the National Police Mission, Gadchiroli. In Maharashtra, for the first time, Residential Student Police Cadet Programme was conducted in Gadchiroli district from 26/12/2023 to 30/12/2023 at Police Headquarters, Gadchiroli. A total of 300 cadets from 10 schools of Gadchiroli district participated in the event. At present, a total of 1052 students of these 10 schools are being given two out-class and one in-class training every month through the police help centre in their area.

Establishment of Pengunda Police Assistance Center in the Remote Area of Gadchiroli

New Police Help Desk at Atidurgam Pengunda in Bhamragad Sub-Division on 11/12/2024 by Gadchiroli Police Administration in Maoist stronghold Laheri area. has been established. On December 5, 2024, the residents of Pengunda village unanimously passed a resolution to ban Naxalite villages. The Penagunda Police Help Desk will act as a gateway to reach out to the tribal brethren of the surrounding villages. Since Pomke Pengunda is very close to a Maoist sensitive area like Abujmad, keeping a close watch on the movement of Maoists in this area will definitely be successful in curbing their activities.