Chg Governor urges people to resolve to root out Naxalism
PTI | 06:01 PM,Jan 26,2012Raipur, Jan 26 (PTI) Chhattisgarh Governor Shekhar Dutt today called on the people in the state to resolve to root out Naxalites. Presiding over the Republic Day function at the Police Parade ground here, he said that while the state was making strides in development the Naxals were making the life of the rural population miserable and trying to undermine the development efforts. The state government is giving priority to increase morale of the security forces by increasing their strength, and recruiting local youths from tribal areas, he said. Dutt expressed satisfaction with the state's GDP growth rate of 11.56 percent and increase in production of rice at 91 lakh metric tonnes. Due to the efforts of the government the infant mortality had come come down, he said. The per capita consumption of electricity in the state is much more than the average consumption in the country, he added. While delivering his speech, Dutt suddenly took ill and almost fainted. He completed his speech sitting on a chair after regaining his composure. PTI SNG KRK VKV
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