Now, Jairam wants to take on Maoists in Odisha’s Nuapeda
18 Jan 2013 7:26 AM IST
Concerned over a key forest area in Odisha’s Nuapeda district becoming a hub of Maoist activity, the government on Thursday proposed a special development plan to improve living of deprived tribal communities there.
Rural development minister Jairam Ramesh, who visited Naxal-affected Kalahandi and Nuapada districts and Lanjigarh block last week, has written to Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik assuring his Ministry’s support to implement the initiative along the lines of the one being implemented in Saranda forests in Jharkhand.
‘In Nuapada district, it is clear that the incidents of Maoist violence have gone up sharply in the last few years.The Sunabeda forest area has become the hub of Maoist activity and the attacks on the neighbouring districts like Kalahandi and Bolangir are being executed from Sunabeda area,’ wrote Ramesh in his letter proposing the special development plan in the area.
Rural development minister Jairam Ramesh, who visited Naxal-affected Kalahandi and Nuapada districts and Lanjigarh block last week, has written to Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik assuring his Ministry’s support to implement the initiative along the lines of the one being implemented in Saranda forests in Jharkhand.
‘In Nuapada district, it is clear that the incidents of Maoist violence have gone up sharply in the last few years.The Sunabeda forest area has become the hub of Maoist activity and the attacks on the neighbouring districts like Kalahandi and Bolangir are being executed from Sunabeda area,’ wrote Ramesh in his letter proposing the special development plan in the area.
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