As part of the project, an optical fibre cable network is being laid over an area of 40,000 square kilometres in Bijapur, Narayanpur, Bastar, Kanker, Kondagaon, Sukma and Dantewada districts of Bastar division, the official informed.Naxal groups active in the area have opposed the PMs visit and have pasted pamphlets in several interior pockets of the district asking people to boycott the visit.The Prime Minister will also inaugurate the first phase of the state governments Bastar Net Project, which aims at expanding the reach of the Internet to the remote villages of the division.CCTVs, drones and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have been deployed as part of security arrangements during the visit, said officials."The China children umbrellas factory PM will address a public gathering at Jangla and then proceed to Jagdalpur from where he will leave by an Air Force plane for New Delhi at around 4pm," the official said.The Prime Ministers visit to the state coincides with the birth anniversary of Dalit icon BR Ambedkar.
The mission aims at covering 10 crore poor and vulnerable families and provide a cover of Rs 5 lakh per family per year for secondary and tertiary care hospitalisation.This is the PMs fourth visit to the state since the NDA came to power in 2014 and second one to Bastar, having visited the area earlier on May 9, 2015.The visit will be conducted under a massive security umbrella which will see the deployment of 10,000 personnel, including commandos from the elite Special Protection Group and jawans from the states Special Task Force (STF), District Reserve Guard (DRG) and Chhattisgarh Armed Force (CAF).A newly-laid railway line between Gudum and Bhanupratappur will be commissioned through video-conferencing, the official said.The PM will launch the Ayushman Bharat scheme from a sub-health centre at Jangla and later inaugurate bank branches in seven villages, including Jangla, of Bijapur district, he said.The scheme was launched by Modi at Jangla village in Bijapur, officials said.Jagdalpur: Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit to Chhattisgarhs Bijapur district on Saturday, inaugurated the "Ayushman Bharat- National Health Protection Mission" and other development projects, officials said.He said the line, part of the Dallirajhra-Rowghat railway project, will help connect the people of north Bastar
