In a 1st, Tricolour to be hoisted in 13 villages of Naxal-hit Bastar dist

Thirteen remote villages located in the Naxalite-hit Bastar region of Chhattisgarh will witness hoisting of the national flag for the first time on the Independence Day on Thursday, police said. Setting up new camps of security forces in these villages in the last seven months has been paving the way for development of the respective areas, they said. Tricolour will be hoisted in Nerlighat (Dantewada district), Panidobir (Kanker), Gundam, Putkel and Chhutvahi (Bijapur), Kasturmeta, Maspur, Irakbhatti and Mohndi (Narayanpur), Tekalgudem, Puvarti, Lakhapal and Pulanpad (Sukma) villages on Thursday where such event was not held ever in the past, Inspector General of Police of Bastar Range Sundarraj P told PTI. Security camps at these places were established after the Republic Day last year. All these newly-established camps have provided a new and vibrant identity to the region and its native population. The camps would act as a ray of hope for the young and old in building a peaceful