JAGDALPUR: They couldn’t sleep. Not underneath the roof, not on the mattresses, not with the hum of ceiling followers or the whir of visitors. For 210 former Maoists who surrendered on Friday in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar after many years within the jungle, the primary night time of peace was sleepless.Used to watching stars by means of forest canopies and fleeing on the crack of a twig, the women and men who as soon as lived on alert discovered themselves dazed by consolation. By Saturday morning, they woke to a world they’d not recognized for 20 or 25 years. Housed on the police coaching centre in Jagdalpur, they requested for newspapers and TV to see how the “outdoors world” seen them. They most well-liked to cook dinner their very own meals — “to remain busy,” they mentioned — and caught to 1 previous ritual: morning tea collectively.“This can be a rehabilitation of a distinct sort,” mentioned Bastar vary IG P Sundarraj. “It’s at least the primary day at a hostel for a college child. They’ve come from completely different items, many don’t even know one another. They’ve requested for a few days to settle in.”ADG (anti-Naxal operations) Vivekananda Sinha, who met them, mentioned step one is to make them really feel relaxed. “They may quickly begin yoga, sports activities and different actions. Popping out of the psychological trauma of being within the forest for years isn’t simple. They know there’s now no risk, however consolation feels unusual.”On the give up ceremony, the 210 cadres stood stiff — faces clean, eyes onerous — the identical fingers that when fired at safety forces now holding roses. Earlier than them stood the jawans they fought for years.For the area’s folks, many who had misplaced household to Maoist bullets, the sight of the “andar wale dada log” (the blokes in cost) getting into daylight felt unreal.Some clenched their jaws in anger however stayed silent. “I hope no extra harmless folks get killed in Bastar,” mentioned villager Sonu Markam, who watched the ceremony.