India, May 14 -- In a major healthcare outreach across the remote interiors of Chhattisgarh's Bastar division, the state government's large-scale health campaign has screened nearly 20 lakh people, including residents of several villages that remained inaccessible for years due to poor connectivity and Left Wing Extremism (LWE).

Official data from the health department shows that 19,92,238 people - 57.12 per cent of the targeted population of 34.88 lakh - have been screened so far across the seven districts of Bastar division.

Among the districts, Narayanpur recorded the highest screening coverage at 68.49 per cent, followed by Bastar at 59.88 per cent. Screening coverage stood at 56.24 per cent in Dantewada, 56.02 per cent in Sukma, 55...