 "Vishnu Deo Sai, Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh")
With the security situation improving in Bastar, the Chhattisgarh government is preparing to roll out two major irrigation projects aimed at driving long-term economic revival in the region, marred by Left-Wing Extremism (LWE).
The push aligns with the state’s long-term plan to unlock growth in the tribal-dominated Bastar region as security forces report breakthroughs in anti-Maoist operations. On May 21, security forces eliminated CPI (Maoist) general secretary Nambala Keshava Rao alias Basavaraju. Days later, central committee member Sudhakar was killed in an encounter in Bijapur.
A March 2026 deadline has been set for rooting out insurgency, though Chief
