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2 Hydro-Power, Irrigation Projects for Naxal-Hit Districts
The New Indian Express Kozhikode
|June 12, 2025
Amid the ongoing offensive against Maoists, the Chhattisgarh government will execute two major projects — construction of Bodhghat multipurpose dam and interlinking Indravati and Mahanadi rivers — for the economic revival of the conflict-ridden Bastar region.
The mega projects worth ₹49,000 crore remained stalled for the past 45 years. In his recent meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, chief minister Vishnu Deo Sai said the two projects hold immense potential for the progress of Maoist-hit Bastar.
This story is from the June 12, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Kozhikode.
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