For Arvinda Barsagade, the sound of gunfire and grenade blasts was part of childhood. She was just four months old when her father left home to join the Sironcha Dalam in south Gadchiroli, at a time when Maoist insurgency was at its peak.
Two decades later, Arvinda, now 20, is pursuing a very different path. A diploma-holder in civil engineering, she is working as a trainee at Lloyds Metals and Energy’s LT Gondwana Skill Hub Pvt Ltd in Hedri, a journey that reflects the changing landscape of a district once associated with Maoist violence and limited development.
