By U Sudhakar ReddyMaoists have formed a liberation corridor from Dandakaranya in Chhattisgarh to Orissa via the border with Andhra Pradesh.
Intelligence sources said the Balimela reservoir attack on Greyhounds by the Andhra-Orissa border military company of CPI(Maoist) could be seen as an attempt to indicate their control over this corridor.
Sources added Maoists may step up their activities in Srikakulam, Vizianagaram, Visakhapatnam rural and East Godavari to further fortify the liberation corridor. Maoists had earlier mooted an audacious plan to form a red corridor from Pasupati in Nepal to Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh.
However, the idea was temporarily shelved after they were beaten back in Nallamala, North Telangana and other parts of the state.
“The decision to form the liberation corridor was taken in the national meet of the Maoists,” said a senior officer. “They want to strengthen it and then restart efforts on red corridor.” Nuapada in Orissa holds the key to the development of the corridor since the dense forest and hilly terrain is conducive for safe movement of the left wing extremists. Police said 100 Maoists had been drawn from Chhattisgarh, 100 from AP and a few from Orissa to set up two companies to operate in the AndhraOrissa border.
One of these AOB companies had ambushed and attacked the Greyhounds who were returning from a combing operation last week. The AOB consists of Malkangiri, Koraput, Rayagada and Gajapati in Orissa and Srikakulam, Vizianagaram, Visakhapatnam and East Godavari of Andhra Pradesh.
Maoists have got control over many areas in Chhattisgarh and Orissa. “This is known as the guerrilla zone and is under the control of Maoists,” said a police officer. “They already have a strong base in Gajapati and Rayagada districts and have taken control of key areas of Southwestern Orissa.” The corridor along Ganjam-Kandhamal-Boudh-Sambalpur will give them the much-needed passage between their bastions in Chhattisgarh and Andhra, he added. But police does not have a ‘corridor’ of its own.
More than 1,200 km of the proposed 1,729 km road from Vijayawada to Ranchi in Jharkhand passes through 12 Naxalite-infested districts of Orissa along which the Maoists are planning to extend their corridor.
However, AP cops said the liberation corridor does not pose a major threat to the state, as long as vigil is maintained at districts adjacent to Orissa and Chhattisgarh.
Intelligence sources said the Balimela reservoir attack on Greyhounds by the Andhra-Orissa border military company of CPI(Maoist) could be seen as an attempt to indicate their control over this corridor.
Sources added Maoists may step up their activities in Srikakulam, Vizianagaram, Visakhapatnam rural and East Godavari to further fortify the liberation corridor. Maoists had earlier mooted an audacious plan to form a red corridor from Pasupati in Nepal to Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh.
However, the idea was temporarily shelved after they were beaten back in Nallamala, North Telangana and other parts of the state.
“The decision to form the liberation corridor was taken in the national meet of the Maoists,” said a senior officer. “They want to strengthen it and then restart efforts on red corridor.” Nuapada in Orissa holds the key to the development of the corridor since the dense forest and hilly terrain is conducive for safe movement of the left wing extremists. Police said 100 Maoists had been drawn from Chhattisgarh, 100 from AP and a few from Orissa to set up two companies to operate in the AndhraOrissa border.
One of these AOB companies had ambushed and attacked the Greyhounds who were returning from a combing operation last week. The AOB consists of Malkangiri, Koraput, Rayagada and Gajapati in Orissa and Srikakulam, Vizianagaram, Visakhapatnam and East Godavari of Andhra Pradesh.
Maoists have got control over many areas in Chhattisgarh and Orissa. “This is known as the guerrilla zone and is under the control of Maoists,” said a police officer. “They already have a strong base in Gajapati and Rayagada districts and have taken control of key areas of Southwestern Orissa.” The corridor along Ganjam-Kandhamal-Boudh-Sambalpur will give them the much-needed passage between their bastions in Chhattisgarh and Andhra, he added. But police does not have a ‘corridor’ of its own.
More than 1,200 km of the proposed 1,729 km road from Vijayawada to Ranchi in Jharkhand passes through 12 Naxalite-infested districts of Orissa along which the Maoists are planning to extend their corridor.
However, AP cops said the liberation corridor does not pose a major threat to the state, as long as vigil is maintained at districts adjacent to Orissa and Chhattisgarh.
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