New Delhi, July 31 -- Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai met Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Parliament House in New Delhi on July 31 and sought central assistance for a series of infrastructure and industrial projects, including a proposed Rs.10,500 crore gas-based urea plant in Rajnandgaon and permanent electricity connections for 461 remote villages.

According to a statement issued by the state government, Sai also proposed the establishment of an All India Institute of Ayurveda in Raipur or Bastar and discussed rail, road, aviation, irrigation, healthcare and education projects planned for the Bastar region.

The Chief Minister informed Modi that land had been made available for the proposed urea plant and that the required s...