There seems to be no end to the woes of NMDC ltd- the country largest iron ore producer and exporter which continues to be saddled with havoc played by the Maoists at its facilities in Bastar region of Chhattisgarh for the past several years.
While, just two days back, Maoists stormed the company's Bacheli iron ore mines facility in Dantewada district and set afire a conveyor belt after triggering a blast on Wednesday, the insurgents were back again late on Thursday night -this time at a mine located in Kirandul region of Dantewada district and set afire drill and shovel machines stationed there, police said here on Friday.
The CISF troopers and Maoists also had a light exchange of fire, after which, the insurgents ran away from the mine area, a police officer said. "The incident was reported around Post Number 11 in mine area where CISF jawans had exchange of fire with Naxals late on Thursday night," Superintendent of Police (SP) Dantewada, Kamlochan Kashyap said.
Meanwhile, sources informed that armed Naxals had set afire machinery involved in mining work and the cost of damaged machines could be running into crores of rupees.