The Chhattisgarh Government has decided to restore as many as 260 Government-run schools in four Districts of the Naxal [Left Wing Extremism, LWE]-affected Bastar region, which were closed 15 years ago for a variety of reasons, including Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) violence, authorities said on June 13, reports The Free Press Journal. On June 16, when the State Government begins observing 'Shala Pravesh Utsav' (school entrance fair), Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel would publicly proclaim the reopening of these institutions, they claimed. According to an official, 400 Government schools in the insurgency-hit parts of the Bastar region have been closed for nearly 15 years due to different reasons, including Maoist violence. According to him, the State Administration has agreed to reopen 260 of the 400 schools in Sukma, Narayanpur, Dantewada, and Bijapur districts in response to community demands.