The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist)cadres set ablaze a earth-moving equipment being used
for laying
a 10 kilometres
road between
Chatrapalle
and Galikonda
in GK Veedhi
mandal (administrative
unit), which
is near to
the area where
bauxite deposits
are present
in Visakhapatnam
District in
Andhra Pradesh
on June 27
night, reports
The Hindu.
The Maoists
are opposing
the Government’s
plans to exploit
the huge bauxite
reserve in
the Visakha
Agency. About
15 armed Maoists
of the Galikonda
area committee,
including
women, poured
petrol on
an excavator
parked near
Jamparlova
and set it
ablaze. The
setting ablaze
of the excavator
was in protest
against bauxite
mining and
the Operation
Green Hunt. |
