July 25, 2008

Maoists’ strike affects NMDC iron ore shipments in Chhattisgarh

IANS reported that a daylong work stoppage called by the Maoist guerrillas Wednesday in southern Chhattisgarh affected normal life as the transport operators kept passenger vehicles off the road.

As per report, the transportation of iron ore from the National Mineral Development Corporation’s Bailadila in Dantewada district mines was affected as no trains plied on Jagdalpur-Kirandul rail section for fear of violence during the strike.

India’s largest iron-ore producer and exporter in public sector, the NMDC has major mining facilities in Kirandul and its neighbouring pockets that form vast Bailadila hills.