Government on Friday said the death due to Left Wing Extremism (LWE) incidents has declined by 42 precent in 2015 as compared to 2013. Reviewing the progress in the development works being undertaken in the LWE affected states at a meeting in New Delhi, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said development works have picked up during the last two years in these areas. Stressing the need to build upon this progress further, he called upon the affected states to finish the projects in hand at an even quicker pace, so that the people are benefitted and get access to services at par with other parts of the country.<br/><br/>During the meeting, special projects such as construction of roads, installation of mobile towers, development measures such as schools with hostel facility, Kendriya Vidyalayas, Navodaya Vidyalayas in the worst affected districts were discussed threadbare. It was also decided to upgrade the multi-specialty hospital at Jagdalpur in Chhattisgarh. Installation of mobile towers, increasing the reach of DD and AIR networks, improvement in programmes, expansion of railway lines, banking and postal services were also discussed in detail.<br/><br/>The Secretaries of Railways, Road Transport, Environment, Information and Broadcasting, Communication and IT, and Health and Chief Secretaries of Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Bihar, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Telangana and Maharashtra participated in the meeting.

Government on Friday said the death due to Left Wing Extremism (LWE) incidents has declined by 42 precent in 2015 as compared to 2013. Reviewing the progress in the development works being undertaken in the LWE affected states at a meeting in New Delhi, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said development works have picked up during the last two years in these areas. Stressing the need to build upon this progress further, he called upon the affected states to finish the projects in hand at an even quicker pace, so that the people are benefitted and get access to services at par with other parts of the country.<br/><br/>During the meeting, special projects such as construction of roads, installation of mobile towers, development measures such as schools with hostel facility, Kendriya Vidyalayas, Navodaya Vidyalayas in the worst affected districts were discussed threadbare. It was also decided to upgrade the multi-specialty hospital at Jagdalpur in Chhattisgarh. Installation of mobile towers, increasing the reach of DD and AIR networks, improvement in programmes, expansion of railway lines, banking and postal services were also discussed in detail.<br/><br/>The Secretaries of Railways, Road Transport, Environment, Information and Broadcasting, Communication and IT, and Health and Chief Secretaries of Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Bihar, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Telangana and Maharashtra participated in the meeting.