ஆந்திரா:கம்யூனிஸ்டுகள் நீர் மின் நிலையத்தை உடைத்தனர்

மின்சாரம், நீர், காற்று இல்லாமல் மனிதர்கள் கல்லறையில் சுதந்திரமாக இருக்க போராடும் கம்யூனிஸ்டுகள் கிழக்கு கோதாவரியில் கட்டப்பட்டுள்ள ஒரு நீர் மின் நிலையத்தை குண்டுகள் வைத்து தாக்கி அழித்தனர்.

Maoists blast hydel power plant in AP

Hyderabad, May 30 (PTI): Maoists in Andhra Pradesh triggered a blast at the control room of the state power generation company's mini hydel power plant in East Godavari district, police today said.

The Maoists blew up the control room of APGENCO's 24 MW plant at Donkarayi late last night by using explosives affecting the power production and power supply to nearby villages.

On Monday, the ultras gunned down the vice-chairman of Visakhapatnam Zilla Parishad S Ravi Shankar.

Police said about 50 armed naxalites went to the control room of the plant and blasted it after asking the employees on night duty to come out, police said.

In the blast, an assistant engineer sustained head injuries when he was hit by the glass piece of a window. The injured engineer was rushed to a nearby hospital and his condition was stated to be out of danger.

APGENCO Managing Director, Ajay Jain, said today that control panels of the hydel power plant were damaged in the blast which are yet to be replaced.

"We have already rushed a team of engineers to take up the work," Jain said adding a team of senior officials led by him is leaving for the site.

As the hydel power plants were located in remote villages, there was a need to strenghen the security at each plant, Jain said.

"It was a disturbing trend as the naxalites had also blasted Sileru hydel project in 2005," the MD said.