Nagpur: “Surjagad project can change the lives of people there and that’s why Naxals are misleading the locals. They are trying to close down the project. Initially, few locals were misled but now locals are being given local contracts and they too are supporting it,” said Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis his reply in the Assembly on Monday.
The Congress member Nana Patole raised the issue. “I request the government to not take things lightly. This matter can go to a very extreme level. The ongoing mining work is also helping Naxals and it should be checked as to how environmental laws are being sidelined and how forests are being cut indiscriminately,” said Patole.
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In response to Patole’s statement, Fadnavis said: “We will not take anything lightly. Maharashtra will not bow down in front of Naxalism and the only answer is more industrialisation. Naxals are not getting recruitment from Gadchiroli but rather getting recruits from Chhattisgarh and Orissa.”
