In an unprecedented move, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh on Sunday hit the Naxal heartland road with bike as a pillion rider and reiterated his stand that development in vast forested landscape in restive Bastar would bring an end to prolonged Maoist violence.
He addressed a public redressal camp under lok Suraj drive at Sukma district’s Injeram, a known bastion of Naxals located in State’s southern tip, and assured people that his Government was committed to take development to each and every remote and forested area of the state.
"Government will leave no stone unturned to ensure every village must have high class all basic civic facilities,’’ Singh told tribal men and women and urged them to do not shy away while putting their demands before Government for development.
He heaped praise on police and para-military troopers deployed for the anti-Naxal operations in the state and stated 'they are playing key role in allowing government to take development to remote and inaccessible villages’.
He supervised road construction work in a crucial 30-km patch between Injeram to Bhejji which has mostly hit headlines in recent years as Maoists carried out deadly blasts in the area to scare away road contractors and their staff.
Singh announced to name the road after a CRPF Inspector Jagjit Singh who was martyred on March 11 last year while providing security cover to a team engaged in construction of Injeram-Bhejji road.
Chhattisgarh’s Bastar region which is made up of seven districts including Sukma, is spread out in about 40,000 sq km area, is classified as red zone where Maoists hold sway in forested interiors since late 1980s.