Maoists on Saturday blew up a culvert on an important road and put up posters opposing ‘Operation Green Hunt' in the Narayanpatna block of Koraput district in Orissa.
They also put up posters near Roxy of the K.Balanga block of Sundergarh district.
Deputy Inspector-General of Police (Southwestern range) Sanjiv Panda said the Maoists used landmines to damage a culvert on the crucial Narayanpatna-Laxmipur road near the Karki ghat. They also cut down trees to block the road near Jogi-Palur. At some places, the road was dug up and optical fibre cables were damaged disrupting telephone communication in most areas of the Narayanpatna block.
Mr. Panda said no one was injured as the blast took place early in the morning. Additional forces were sent to the area.
Following threat of landmines, the security forces were moving with caution.
The posters opposed ‘Operation Green Hunt' against the Maoists planned at Dantewada in Chhattisgarh, in Malkangiri and Koraput districts of Orissa and in parts of Andhra Pradesh.
Security had been tightened in the Narayanpatna block. During the past one year, several times the Maoists and the Chasi Mulia Adivasi Sangh blocked the area.
Keywords: Opearion Green Hunt, Maoists, Narayanpatna block, Koraput district
The recent attack by the Maoists on CRPF personnel compels the Government to go in for alternate methods to solve the problem which they (the government) used to describe as only a 'menace'. It is now clear to everyone that this type of terrorism is more than 'an act of cowardice' and investigations are not to be concentrated to 'the lapses of security system' and decisions are not to be limited to tightening and modernising VIP protection. There are serious reservations on the type of activities going on in this country in the brand-name of 'socio-economic developments'. Governmental discrimination to different religious, linguistic, regional, political and other groups is the order of the day. Coupled with a criminalised and corrupted political system, this has generated various naxal, Maoist and terrorist outfits. No manner of draconian laws, intelligence agencies, special protection groups and bullet-proof cars would help prevent them from growing.
These Maoists are upto NO good. No matter what their political concerns may be, or their social or cultural demands, they are now just a rowdy bunch waiting to get wiped out by the might of India. If they think they can pull off a coup to form a government like they have done in Nepal, they are in for a few nasty surprises. Our government isn't going to sit and watch the fun as things go downhill. There is too much at stake in India for too many people and we don't want pests like Maoists thinking they can amount to something if only in nuisance value.
All the breast beating and shouting by anti-Maoist panelists on TV screens,post Dantewada, have not made any impression on the militants, not that one expected these to do so. What should worry the thinking people of this country is the fact that the insurgents are always a step ahead of the government forces, strategically and tactically. Apparently, Operation Green Hunt is still hunting for a workable and hopefully effective strategy along with tactical formulations to make it work. The fact that the Chief Of Army Staff and the Home Ministry have publically expressed different views on what made Dantewada happen shows that the different security arms of the government are not pulling together on a major security problem. Can any thing be more alarming than this for the country?
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