The state government Saturday mooted the idea of a drone surveillance-based communication system centre for effectively monitoring the activities of Naxals in the remote districts of the state.

CM Devendra Fadnavis also proposed joint police patrolling along the inter-state borders, which fall on the Naxal corridor.

At the 11th Inter-state Conference held in New Delhi, Fadnavis made a presentation on the challenges the state has faced till now and the concrete measures that the state has taken to tackle the problems of radical Naxalism along the Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Odisha borders.