Naxals went on a rampage in several parts of Chhattisgarh’s insurgency-hit Bastar region, damaging the rail tracks on Kirandul-Visakhapatnam route and blocking the roads, as part of their bandh call opposing Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the State today, police said.

The naxals had removed the fish-plates of railway track between Kakloor-Kumarsakhla villages under Kodenar police station limit in Bastar district late last night, a senior police official told PTI.

Soon after getting information in this regard, security personnel were dispatched to the spot, he said, adding, that the maintenance work was underway.

The rebels had called for boycott of Modi’s visit to Chhattisgarh, especially Dantewada district today, and had appealed for a two-day ‘Dandakaranya Bandh’ (May 8-9).

Keeping in view of the naxal bandh, the railways had already decided not to run passenger and goods trains on Vishakhapattanam-Kirandul route during this period, the official said.

Meanwhile, the bandh call has hit normal life in Bastar region as transporters have stopped plying buses to the remote areas fearing naxal attacks.

Ultras have also blocked the routes in the interiors of Sukma and Bijapur districts by felling trees and digging roads, the official said.

There were also reports of thwarting villagers at some places, who were heading to take part in Modi’s programme in Dantewada, he added.

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