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Chhattisgarh has completed over 60 per cent of the work under the road expansion programme in the Naxal-infested pockets.
The state government had set a target to construct 698 kilometers of road in the areas affected by the Left Wing Extremism (LWE) by 2018. Of the target, 435 kilometers of road has been built despite manifold security challenges, the data released by the public works department said.
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh Tuesday chaired a high-level meeting to review the programme of road construction in the state. The projects in the Naxal-infested areas had been a major challenge following the violence.
Special Director General of Police (anti-Naxal operations) D M Awasthy said about 62 per cent of the work on road expansion had been completed in the disturbed areas. The remaining work is in the high-risk zone but it will get completed within stipulated time, he added.
Awasthy said the security forces had designed strategy for expanding road network and it had yielded desired results. “The strategy would be the same for the completion of the remaining project in the red zone,” he added, refusing to reveal the strategy on security grounds.
The expansion of road network in the Naxal-infested pockets had been a major backup for the security agencies combating the Left guerillas. The rebels had been opposing road construction as it would facilitate the movement of security forces in the interior areas that Naxalites claimed to be “liberated” zone.
