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Once a Maoist bastion, West Bengal's Jhargram district is now a tourist hub

Back in 2010-11, this region was a hotbed of political turbulence and a stronghold of the militant group, Communist Party of India (Maoist)

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Rooms in all 41 private hotels and resorts and the six government properties in Jhargram are booked till January, says Madhusudhan Karmakar, secretary of Jhargram Hotel Owners Welfare Association

Dipanjan Sinha Kolkata

3 min read Last Updated : Dec 24 2020 | 6:10 AM IST

When the stringent lockdown for Covid-19 was finally eased in July, Md Sarif Nawaz from Bardhaman in West Bengal decided that he had had enough of staying home.

Trains were still not running and taking a flight to another state was avoidable. But just four hours away was an option he was more than happy to revisit — Jhargram, with its dense sal, segun and mahua forests, picturesque villages and wildlife.

The electrical engineer and a friend of his went to spend three days in a small resort with separate cottages for rooms. “This was the ideal set-up in a

Topics : Coronavirus Maoists Communist Party of India tourism West Bengal

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