The Maharashtra government is taking all efforts to make Gadchiroli free of Naxalite violence, state Chief Minister Eknath Shinde said on Saturday during a 'shaasan aplya dari' (government at your doorstep) programme, reported the PTI.

CM Shinde said that 6.70 lakh of the 11 lakh population of the district were registered beneficiaries of the programme and asserted his government would reach out to every single person to bring about welfare.