Chhattisgarh: First mobile tower erected at remote CRPF base in LWE-hit Sukma district

The tower will provide the much-needed cellular connectivity to a clutch of villages in the region

- MPOST BUREAU

RAIPUR: A remote village in the Naxal-hit Sukma district of Chhattisgarh has got its first mobile phone tower, officials said on Sunday.

The tower, installed inside a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) camp in Tekulagudem village on Holi, will provide cellular connectivity to a clutch of villages in the interior region, they said.

Tekulagudem was one of the first locations where the paramilitary force established a forward operating base in January last year, to undertake specific anti-Maoist operations and help the local administration usher in development works in the area as part of the Union government's declaration to eliminate Left Wing Extremism (LWE) from the country by March 2026.