By IANS,
Raipur : Chhattisgarh, one of India’a worst Maoist insurgency-hit states, will set up 35 new police stations in forest areas which are the guerrillas’ stronghold for about two decades, official sources said Thursday.
“They will come up in forested areas which are largely commanded by Maoists for about two decades,” sources in the home department told IANS.
The sources stated that a sum of Rs.70 crore is required for setting up the new police stations and the central government has agreed to fund 80 percent of the expenditure while the remaining 20 percent will be borne by the state government.
Majority of the police stations will come up in the sprawling 40,000 sq km Bastar region that has witnessed deadly attacks by Maoists on police and civilians in the past five years, including killings of 76 troopers in a single attack in April last year.