Naxal bandh: Malkangiri remains cut off

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Source: The Hindu (http://www.hinduonnet.com/2010/04/26/stories/2010042653530300.htm)
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Naxal bandh: Malkangiri remains cut off


Staff Reporter



No violence in State on the second day of the week-long protest against ‘operation green hunt'



Maoists cut down trees to block roadsTrains being operated amid tight security


BERHAMPUR: Maoists tried to show up their presence through road blockades, posters and banners on Sunday, the second day of their week-long bandh call in south Orissa against the ‘operation green hunt' against them.
No major incidents of violence were reported. Yet the panic of Maoists disrupted normal life in areas of Malkangiri, Koraput and Rayagada districts. The Koraput-Bhubaneswar Hirakhand express had to be stopped at Laxmipur station and a suspicious briefcase was checked up by the bomb squad due to panic caused by the unclaimed luggage. But the briefcase was found to be packed with dresses.
Road communication was completely disrupted in Malkangiri district which remained cut off from other parts of the State due to road blockades put by naxals at Govindpalli ghat road. There were no vehicles plying between district headquarters town of Malkangiri to places like Chitrakonda, Kalimela, Motu and Padia. Maoists cut down trees to block the Chitrakonda-Janabai road and also the road communication between Chitrakonda and adjoining Andhra Pradesh. Police sources said naxals had resorted to this to keep the cut off areas of Chitrakonda reservoir under their hold. In Koraput district some more roads of the district apart from the ones in Narayanpatna block faced naxals wrath. The Ankadili-Machhkund road was blocked by felling trees, disrupting the road traffic to the hydel power production unit at Machhkund. The road communication between Ankadili and Jeypore was also disrupted.
Maoists blocked the road communication between Bandhugaon and Almanda so that no vehicle from Bandhugaon could travel to Parvatipuram in Andhra Pradesh. Naxal posters against ‘operation green hunt' also appeared at several new places in the district including Lubaba village of Nandapur block. Vehicular traffic was also disrupted to large extent in the district.
Vehicular traffic
In Rayagada district vehicular traffic was hit by the Maoist terror in most places except Rayagada town and Gunupur. No buses entered the Chandrapur block. It may be noted that the Orissa State Road Transport Corporation (OSRTC) has stopped plying buses to naxal-affected areas. Most offices in these naxal-hit districts had thin attendance. The train services continued amidst tight security. The drivers, guards and station superintendents have been instructed by the East Coast Railway authorities to take extreme precautions.






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