Chattisgarh CM urges Centre to release more fund to development activities
New Delhi:Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh, on Saturday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and urged him to provide funds to develop the infrastructure in the regions affected by Maoists. Briefing the media after meeting
Prime Minister Singh, Raman Singh said they had discussed anti-Maoist operations
and that he urged the premier to provide funds to tackle the Naxal issue. "In relation
to the Chhattisgarh anti-Maoist operation, the prime minister said that work was
going in the right direction. We requested him that in all the Maoist areas and in the
areas affected by left-wing extremism, infrastructure development should begin, as it
would resolve our future problems," Raman Singh said. "We have forces at present,
we are moving forward with paramilitary forces, so both things should run parallel to
each other. So, we said that if we got the funds, they might be used for the
construction of national highway or district highways or schools," he added. Earleir,
Raman Singh met Home Minister P Chidambaram to discuss the security situation in
the state, besides seeking additional paramilitary forces to deal with Maoists.
