Across rural Chhattisgarh, cellular network penetration used to be the lowest in the country at 29 per cent and almost three-fourths of households remained unconnected under the telecom network.
It is the result of careful thought and innovative policy making process through a long drawn period of 15 years that pulled Chhattisgarh from a state with nothing to one with the highest recorded economic growth in recent years.
Since achieving statehood in 2000, Chhattisgarh has come a long way in almost all sectors - ranging from technological and infrastructural development to digitisation and governance.
Here's the story of an Indian state, which started from the scratch to emerge as one of the fastest growing states in the country and showcase a formidable growth story in terms of its medical and healthcare sector.
Located at the very heart of India (literally), the country's tenth largest state by land area vibrates with the spirit of a wild and progressive spirit that can barely be seen elsewhere.
It was Raman Singh, Chief Minister, Chhattisgarh, who launched a campaign way back in 2003 to promote jatropha cultivation with the intent of making the state the hub of biofuel in India.
During the three-hour search, Baghera, the Doberman, handled by Constable PP Shiva Rao, first found a spark plug of the EID, covered in five layers of cling film.
The women were trained by C Srinivasan, an environmentalist, who has been sharing his ideas of making the best use of waste on esteemed platforms like Satyamev Jayate and TEDx.