Centre plans to improve in Maoist-dominated areas

New Delhi May 15: The centre govt will keen start a new project to provide road connectivity to 44 Maoist-dominated districts, including Sukma in Chhattisgarh

While going to matter, The Centre will soon begin work with whopping price Rs 11,000-crore to this road project. The road will also include Sukma in Chhattisgarh which had recently witnessed one of the deadliest Maoist attacks.

Five percent of the total project cost i.e Rs 550 crore will be kept aside for administrative expenses including for deployment of security forces at strategic locations, officials said.

To improve rural road connectivity in the Left-wing Extremism affected districts, the Cabinet had last year approved the centrally-sponsored "Road Connectivity Project for Left-wing Extremism (LWE) Affected Areas" scheme.



The project will be implemented under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) in the districts that are critical from a security and communication point of view.

Out of these 44 districts, the maximum is in Chattisgarh, where 25 personnel of the Central Reserve Police Force were killed by Naxals last month.

Odisha, Jharkhand, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Telangana and Maharashtra are the other states that will be covered under the scheme.