The roads will also increase government interaction with these villages, providing better security besides being a key indicator of development. The move, to boost road connectivity, is aimed at defusing a principal reason for tribals and backwards to fall for the Naxal campaign revolving around government neglect and under-development.
Rural Development Ministry's proposal under the Integrated Action Plan for Naxal districts will unfold over the coming three years. The Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh said that it is to give road and bridge connectivity in these habitations. The major gainers under the roads package will be Orissa, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Bihar. Of the 78 districts, 20 are said to be major laggards where the pace of execution of roads is below 50 per cent.