PATNA, Nov. 11 -- For the first time in many decades, all Maoist-affected areas in Bihar are set to see polling. According to security and election officials, no polling station has been relocated from any district affected by severe extremism. In Chormara village under Barhat Police Station of Jamui Assembly Constituency, a total of 1,011 voters (488 males and 523 females) belonging to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes will cast their votes at their original polling station on November 11, during the second phase of polling. The village of Chormara, located in the hilly and remote extremist-affected bordering areas of Jamui, Munger, and Lakhisarai districts. Historically it has been a major center of Maoist activities. Between January and February 2007, the CPI (Maoist) held its 9th unified Congress was attended by fifty top Maoist leaders, including the then senior leaders Ganapathy, Prashant Bose, and Kishan Da, along with around 200 other extremists. It was the first joint and final unified congress held after the merger of the dreaded Maoists groups MCC (I) and PWG on September 21, 2004. The 8th Congress of the organisation had been held earlier in 1970. "In 2009, the primary school in the area was blown up by extremists. Subsequently, to restore public faith in the police and eliminate Naxal influence, Forward Operating Bases (FOBs) were established in 2022 - one at Chormara (Barhat PS in Jamui) equipped with Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF), and another at Paisera (Ladai Tand PS in Munger district). After these bases became operational, Maoists activities came under effective control," ADG, Operation, Kundan Krishnan. Krishnan, further said that continuing this trend, in the forest and hilly extremist-affected areas of Imamganj Assembly Constituency (Gaya district), villages Tarchua and Pichhuliya under Chakarbandha Police Station, where no polling had ever been conducted before, have now been included in the democratic process. Polling was successfully conducted in Tarchua during the 2024 General Elections, and this year, during the Bihar Legislative Assembly Elections 2025, voting is being conducted for the first time in Pichhuliya village (Gaya district) and Rehal village (Rohtas Police Station, Rohtas district) - remote, hilly, and formerly inaccessible areas.Voters in these villages will now be able to exercise their franchise fearlessly at their original polling stations, after several decade. However, with just hours left for polling day, the entire security apparatus across the state has been placed on high alert. Police teams and central forces have been deployed across sensitive patches to ensure a smooth and incident-free voting day. Director General of Police Vinay Kumar said that all security arrangements for the second phase of voting have been fully reinforced. "Compared to the first phase, this time the deployment scale and monitoring layers have been upgraded. Extensive central and state force deployment has been issued across all districts for the November 11 polling," said Kumar. The ECI has directed concerned DMs/SSPs/SPs to ensure no disturbance at polling stations. Officials of ECI confirmed that the international border had been fully sealed since Saturday, while inter-state border points remained shut till Sunday evening. For the second phase, a total of 1,650 companies of central security forces have been stationed across the state. In addition, additional battalions of the Bihar police have been positioned district-wise to ensure peaceful polling right down to every booth level. Bihar police chief stated that the borders adjacent to Nepal and the inter-state borders adjoining Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, and Jharkhand have been sealed for security reasons, and continuous police surveillance is being conducted. Meanwhile, the Maitri Express service running between Jaynagar in Madhubani district and Janakpur in Nepal has been suspended until the completion of voting. Voting will start at 7am and continue until 6pm, but in some security sensitive areas it will wrap up at 5pm....