New Delhi/Bijapur, Oct 5 (PTI) The CRPF has distributed more than 10,000 radio sets in remote Naxal violence-affected areas of Bastar in Chhattisgarh as part of a special public campaign to spread national thought and wean locals away from Maoist ideology in the region that is witnessing a decline in violent Left Wing Extremism (LWE).

The paramilitary force completed the about four-month-long exercise recently after it held hundreds of small and large public events in villages.

The special civic action programme for the seven districts of the Bastar region was initiated by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) at the beginning of this year with a budgetary allocation of Rs 1.62 crore, a senior official told PTI in Delhi.

A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) commander based in Bijapur dist

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