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Data Source for the Map: India Maoist Conflict Map Institute for Conflict Management, SATP This is a derivative work on File:India Naxal affected districts map.svg (2007), available on wikimedia commons. The data and coloring has been updated in the above map to reflect 2013 information, as accessed in June 2014.
The red corridor, also called the red zone or according to the Naxalite–Maoist parlance the Compact Revolutionary Zone, [1] is the region in the eastern, central and the southern parts of India where the Naxalite–Maoist insurgency has the strongest presence.
A few weeks before the incident, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had stated that Naxal attacks were affecting the profitability of the railways. [4] The derailment occurred 90 minutes after a Communist Party of India (Maoist) or CPI(Maoist) four-day bandh in the area began. [5] It was termed a "black week" and security was put on high alert. [6]
For a detailed map of all disputed regions in South Asia, see Image:India disputed areas map.svg Internal borders The borders of the state of Meghalaya, Assam and Arunachal Pradesh are shown as interpreted from the North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Act, 1971, but has yet to be verified.
The Naxalite–Maoist insurgency is part of an ongoing conflict between left-wing extremist groups and the Indian government.The Naxalites are a group of communist supportive groups, who often follow Maoist political sentiment and ideology.
Please notify the uploader with {{subst:update-note|1=File:Railway network map of India - Schematic.svg|2=Visit By 7509781949 Kuldeep Sonakiya the map is seriously outdated.There is an ongoing conversion of all the narrow-gauge and meter-gauge tracks in India to broad-gauge tracks, with completion expected in 2022.
The clash was successful for the Indian forces, who neutralised Milind Teltumbde, the ‘backbone’ of the Naxalite insurgency, at little cost. [2] As a result of this operation, along with many others, the Maoist insurgents have been losing influence, with Maoist violence subsiding by 77% from 2009 to 2011. [6]
The term was coined by the Chhattisgarh police officials to describe one successful drive against the Communist Party of India (Maoist) in the state. It was erroneously used by the media to describe the wider anti-Naxalite operations; the government of India does not use the term "Operation Green Hunt" to describe its anti-Naxalite offensive. [13]