Railways urge Chhattisgarh police to protect tracks, trains
May 5th, 2010 - 3:32 pm ICT by IANSRaipur, May 5 (IANS) The East Coast Railway (ECR) has urged the Chhattisgarh police to provide increased security to the rail tracks and trains passing through the Maoist- dominated areas of the state.
“The ECR is highly concerned about rising cases of damage to rail tracks on Kottavalasa-Kirandul (K-K) line under Waltair division and has sought Chhattisgarh police’s help to ensure disruption-free train movement. We share their concern,” a source at the police headquarters here told IANS.
He said ECR general manager A.K. Vohra had raised the rail security issue Tuesday at his meeting with Vishwa Ranjan, director general of police of Chhattisgarh.
“We discussed the issue in detail. We will act to ensure safety of tracks as well as trains in the stretches vulnerable to Maoist attacks,” said the source.
The K-K line originates from Kirandul in Dantewada district which last month witnessed the killing of 76 central reserve police force men by the Maoists.
The railway line is critical to the steel industry. The country’s largest iron ore miner in the public sector, NMDC, relies on it to transport iron ore from its Kirandul and Bacheli mines in Dantewada district to Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh.
In the latest incident of damage to tracks on the K-K line on April 20, Maoists had removed clips from the rail tracks that led to derailment of 17 wagons of a goods train loaded with some 4,000 tonnes of NMDC’s iron ore.
- Maoists blast rail tracks in Chhattisgarh - Sep 27, 2011
- Damaged rail lines halt iron ore movement in Chhattisgarh - Apr 20, 2010
- Iron ore supply disrupted as Maoists damage rail tracks - Apr 19, 2010
- Iron ore supply hit as Maoists damage rail track (Lead) - Apr 20, 2010
- Maoist shutdown hits NMDC iron ore transportation (Lead) - Dec 06, 2010
- Maoist shutdown hits NMDC iron ore transportation - Dec 06, 2010
- Anti-railway Bastar protests halt iron ore shipments - Jan 18, 2012
- Railways suffer loss in Chhattisgarh as protest continues - Jan 20, 2012
- Anti-railway protest halts iron ore shipments (Lead) - Jan 19, 2012
- Iron-ore laden coaches derail in Chhattisgarh - May 21, 2012
- Maoist shutdown hits iron ore shipment in Chhattisgarh - May 22, 2011
- Maoists' shutdown hits NMDC iron ore transportation - Jul 08, 2011
- Maoists damage rail tracks in Chhattisgarh - Dec 28, 2010
- NMDC resumes iron shipment from Chhattisgarh - Jan 23, 2012
- Day after blast, terror stalks Chhattisgarh miners - Jun 27, 2011
Tags: disruption, east coast railway, ecr, force men, free train, iron ore, k line, maoist, maoists, nmdc, police force, police headquarters, railway line, railways, reserve police, security issue, steel industry, train movement, vohra, wagons