Bauxite mining: Police rule out threat to TDP leaders,minister

Then, chief minister Chandrababu Naidu had announced that his government had not decided on the bauxite mining issue.

The main matter in this letter is they warned Ayanna Patrudu to resign for his Ministry for supporting Bauxite mining otherwise severe actions will be taken on him. According to sources, naxals had even formed anti-bauxite mining committees in Chintaplli and Paderu areas. “The impact on the tribal livelihood will be disastrous, to say the least”. They nearly brought matters to a head last month when they kidnapped three TDP leaders just a few days before Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu was to visit Araku.

VISAKHAPATNAM: Fear of a Maoist backlash gripped Visakha Agency after the centre granted bauxite mining lease to the Andhra Pradesh Mineral Development Corporation Limited (APMDC) at the forest areas of Chintapalli and Jerrela. However, Naidu in his earlier letter had stated, “APMDC has neither the technical and financial capability nor experience in taking up such a vast enterprise”. Anticipating the Government’s intentions on bauxite mining, the naxalites have been organising meetings with tribal councils in the interior areas. The had released the leaders after reportedly securing an assurance that the TDP government would not permit mining in the area.

He said that police have not beefed up security of any political leader and in the Agency area against the backdrop of government’s order on the mining. “It is unconstitutional and gross violation of existing rules if bauxite mining is carried out without the consent of the locals”, the Opposition YSR Congress MLA Rajanna Dora said. No mining activity can be taken up in agency area, without a resolution in the panchayat and Tribal Advisory Board.