India, July 31 -- Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai presented a development roadmap for Bastar and sought central support for several industrial, energy, healthcare and connectivity proposals during a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on July 31.

The proposals included connecting 461 remote villages to the permanent electricity grid, setting up a gas-based urea plant in Rajnandgaon and establishing an All India Institute of Ayurveda in either Raipur or Bastar. Sai also briefed the Prime Minister on railway, road, aviation and irrigation projects under consideration in the state.

According to the Chhattisgarh government, the proposed urea plant in Rajnandgaon entails an estimated investment of Rs.10,500 cror...