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Red corridor

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. The red corridor has been steadily diminishing in terms of geographical coverage and number of violent incidents, and in 2021 it was confined to 25 "most affected" (accounting for 85% of LWE violence) and 70 "total affected" districts (down from 180 in 2009)[2] across 10 states in two coal rich, remote, forested hilly clusters in and around Dandakaranya-Chhattisgarh-Odisha region and tri-junction area of Jharkhand-Bihar and-West Bengal.[3]

The Naxalite group mainly consists of the Maoist armed cadres of the Communist Party of India (Maoist).[4] These areas span parts of of the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Telangana and West Bengal.[5][6][7][8]

All forms of Naxalite organisations have been declared as terrorist organisations under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act of India (1967).[9][10][11][12]

  1. ^ Bhattacharjee, Sumit (26 June 2021). "When Greyhounds struck in Andhra Pradesh's fading red zone". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Press Information Bureau". Retrieved 1 April 2015.
  3. ^ Deaths in Naxal attacks down by 21%. The Times of India. 26 Sept 021.
  4. ^ Agarwal, Ajay. "Revelations from the red corridor". Archived from the original on 20 January 2013. Retrieved 27 April 2012.
  5. ^ "Armed revolt in the Red Corridor". Mondiaal Nieuws, Belgium. 25 June 2008. Archived from the original on 22 July 2012. Retrieved 17 October 2008.
  6. ^ "Women take up guns in India's red corridor". The Asian Pacific Post. 9 June 2008. Archived from the original on 22 June 2006. Retrieved 17 October 2008.
  7. ^ "Rising Maoists Insurgency in India". Global Politician. 13 May 2007. Retrieved 17 October 2008.
  8. ^ "Bihar ranks third among 10 states hit by Maoist violence". The Times of India. 28 April 2017.
  9. ^ ::Ministry of Home Affairs:: Archived 10 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  10. ^ "Maoist Communist Centre – Extremism, India, South Asia Terrorism Portal". Retrieved 1 April 2015.
  11. ^ "People's War Group – Extremism, India, South Asia Terrorism Portal". Retrieved 1 April 2015.
  12. ^ Sukanya Banerjee, "Mercury Rising: India’s Looming Red Corridor", Center for Strategic and International Studies, 2008.

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