06 JUNE 2011www.telegraphindia.com
Red terror hits Lohardaga bauxite mines
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Mining, dispatch and transportation of bauxite from Pakhar mines in the Naxalite-hit Kisko police station area of Lohardaga district have come to a grinding halt since Wednesday evening after a group of rebels torched six vehicles.
“Mining and transportation activities have been put on a halt since June 1. Around 25 rebels owing allegiance to the CPI(Maoist) burnt down three trucks, an SUV and two earth-moving equipment around 5.30pm and partially destroyed another vehicle. They also fired in the air and beat up the drivers and helpers,” officer in charge of Kisko police station Munu Tudu told The Telegraph.
The vehicles belonged to a contractor and private operators working for Hindalco Industries Limited — an Aditya Birla Group company.
One of the richest bauxite mines in Lohardaga, Pakhar supplies ore to different units of Hindalco in and outside Jharkhand. The brakes on mining and transportation activities have put officials of the company’s Lohardaga mines division in a fix, with its units fearing imminent scarcity of bauxite, required for producing aluminium.
“Mining and transportation activities have been put on a halt since June 1. Around 25 rebels owing allegiance to the CPI(Maoist) burnt down three trucks, an SUV and two earth-moving equipment around 5.30pm and partially destroyed another vehicle. They also fired in the air and beat up the drivers and helpers,” officer in charge of Kisko police station Munu Tudu told The Telegraph.
The vehicles belonged to a contractor and private operators working for Hindalco Industries Limited — an Aditya Birla Group company.
One of the richest bauxite mines in Lohardaga, Pakhar supplies ore to different units of Hindalco in and outside Jharkhand. The brakes on mining and transportation activities have put officials of the company’s Lohardaga mines division in a fix, with its units fearing imminent scarcity of bauxite, required for producing aluminium.
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