India strangles final Maoist bastion as mining looms

The Maoist rebellion that once held sway over nearly a third of India is being bulldozed into submission in its final forest fortress. Thick clouds of red dust billow skyward as earthmovers cut roads through the Abujhmad hills of India’s central Chhattisgarh state, the last holdout of a nearly 60-year insurgency that has cost 12,000 […] The post India strangles final Maoist bastion as mining looms appeared first on Digital Journal.