Chhattisgarh's Bastar division, once a Maoist hotbed, is now scripting a new chapter of peace and development, driven by the government's commitment and efforts of security forces to restore normalcy in the region, officials said on Monday (August 25, 2025).

"In Bastar, the sound of school bells, roads and progress is replacing the sound of bullets," Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai said, adding the region is now witnessing a new dawn of hope and development.