300 phone towers set up in Bastar villages
New Delhi, July 21 -- The Centre and the state have set up at least 300 cell phone towers in Chhattisgarh's Bastar region across villages that have been freed from Maoist control in the last one year, officials aware of the matter said on Sunday.
Cell phone towers are a major point of contention between the security forces and the Maoist groups. For the government, setting up towers is a strategic priority. For the Maoists,destroying them is equally important.
People aware of the matter added that at least 32 such cell phone towers were installed specifically within Abhujmad - a dense forest of around 5,000 sq km spread across Maoist-affected districts of Bastar region. This is where the last fight with armed Maoist cadres is underway - six...
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