According to Annual report of Union Ministry of Home Affairs (UMHA) in 2017 there were only 28 incidents of violence compared to 68 the previous year (2016) in Garo Hills region, reports The Telegraph on April 5. The number of civilian casualties also decreased by 75 per cent, from eight in 2016 to two in 2017 and there were no casualties of security forces in 2016 and 2017. The number of militants killed went from 15 in 2016 to six in 2017, and the number of cadres arrested went from 59 in 2016 to 13 in 2017, a decline by 60 per cent and 78 per cent respectively.