NEW DELHI, Sept 18 – In an effort to provide comprehensive training to the 10,000 strong elite anti-naxal force COBRA, the Centre has given sanction for upgradation of existing Counter-Insurgency and Anti-Terrorist (CIAT) School, run by the CRPF at Silchar in Assam, reports PTI. Senior officials of CRPF, under whose command and control the new force would work, said additional staff and infrastructure would be given to the school in order to enhance training capacity of 700 COBRA personnel every year.
Officials said the force would be set up at a cost of Rs 1,389.47 crore out of which Rs 898.12 crore will be spent on land and infrastructure while Rs 491.35 crore will be used for manpower training over a period of three years.
“While two Combat Battalion for Resolute Action (COBRA) will be raised in the current financial year, four more would be raised in the next fiscal and the last four would be raised in financial year 2010-11”, an official said.
While the worst naxal infested state Chhattisgarh will get three battalions (nearly 3000 personnel), Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh will get two each and Orissa, Maharashtra and Bihar will get one battalion each of the new force.
The COBRA will be headquartered in the national capital under the command of an Inspector-General (IG) of Police.
source: assam tribune
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