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Today the CPI(Maoists) Malkangiri-Koraput- Vishakapatnam Border division committee issued a letter to local media personnel opposing the Gurupriya Setu project in Malkangiri district. In the said letter the rebels mentioned the bridge is not meant for the development of the area else the termed it as ‘Anti Development Project’.
It is also mentioned that the main purpose of the project is to loot the natural resources like Bauxite from the area.
Rebels also alleged that the Balimela reservoir is to generate surplus electricity, but the authorities decided to store more and more than the required quantity of water in dam. Which resulting washout of acres of cultivated land in the area.
It is also mentioned that the rebels demand the compensation to the farmer for the crop loss and damaged by the rise of water level by the reservoir.