Raipur, Aug 15 (ANI): In a significant move to expand 'Digital India' scheme to Chhattisgarh’s Bastar division, Chief Minister Raman Singh on Monday announced ‘Bastar Net’ Project for strengthening mobile as well as internet connectivity across the insurgency-hit region. Calling the project a ‘digital highway’ for Bastar, he said it would act as a catalyst in bringing about a new revolution in development of a knowledge-based society, opportunity and economy, besides enhancing the transparency, accuracy and accountability in government services. The tribal-dominated Bastar division comprises of seven districts–Kanker, Kondagaon, Bijapur, Narayanpur, Bastar, Sukma and Dantewada–spread in an area about 40,000 sq km in southern part of the state. Under the project, a massive 832-km-long optical fibre cable will be laid at the cost of Rs 40 crore.
