Overview
- Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai led a high-level review in Raipur and directed secretaries to conduct regular on-ground visits in Bastar with tighter interdepartmental coordination.
- Orders focus on permanent surface water solutions in fluoride-affected areas, electrification of remaining villages, rapid installation of mobile towers, and special Aadhaar drives to cover all children.
- Tourism-led livelihoods form a key pillar through homestays, Swadesh Darshan site development, a proposed Bastar Tourism Corridor, and IITTM training completed for 32 local guides.
- Officials reviewed expanded education and health measures including funds for schools without buildings, more Navodaya and PM schools, strengthened health infrastructure with medical colleges, PM-ABHIM, bike ambulances, irrigation, anganwadis, and a rural bus scheme.
- The push follows sustained security pressure, with reports of 14 Maoists killed in Sukma and Bijapur on January 3 and 285 Naxalites killed statewide in 2025.