The residents of 13 villages of Etapalli Taluka (administrative unit) in Gadchiroli District of Maharashtra, have been warned against working at the Surjagarh mines by top Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres, reports The Times of India on February 28. In the meeting held last week (February 20-26) near Targoda village, a few kilometres away from Gatta Jambiya, Maoist leaders like Raghu and Giridhar had urged the residents of 13 villages under Pursalgondi gram panchayat(village level local self-Government institution) not to work at the mining site. Apart from working on the mining site, the Maoists have also urged the women workers to stop going to a sewing unit, which has been set up by the company as part of corporate social responsibility (CSR). Sources also informed that the Maoists had asked the villagers that at least one member of each family should join the large-scale agitation being planned by them. The agitation site has not yet been revealed. “Last few days, the villagers have stopped attending the work and many are now planning to leave the job,” said a source from Etapalli taluka.