Demand for installation of mobile towers with deployment of additional battalion of CRPF in Naxalite affected areas
Special recruitment rally for Bastar youth and requested for formation of Bastariya Battalion
Raipur 4 September 2020. Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel has sought cooperation from the Center for better implementation of the Naxal eradication action plan. In this regard, Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel has written a letter to the Home Minister of the country, Amit Shah, demanding that 7 CRPF battalions allotted to the state be made available to the state at the earliest. Along with this, he has also requested for special recruitment rally for Bastar youth and formation of an additional Bastar battalion.
In the letter, Baghel has written that in the year 2018, 7 additional CRPF battalions were allocated by the Ministry of Home Affairs for the state of Chhattisgarh, to be deployed in Naxal-affected areas of South Bastar. The construction work at the selected location has been completed, so the 7 CRPF battalions allotted earlier should be made available to the state at the earliest.
In the letter, Baghel has said that 1028 mobile towers were sanctioned for increasing the telecom facility in Naxal-affected districts, for which locations have been selected and sent to the Ministry of Home Affairs. The towers should be established soon, which could benefit the common people as well as the security forces.
Along with this, the Chief Minister has also requested in the letter to organize a special recruitment rally by the army for the youth of Bastar.
He has also spoken about the formation of an additional Bastariya battalion of the Central Armed Police Forces, so that the local youth get employment opportunities as well as better results on the Naxalite front.
Chief Minister Baghel has urged to consider construction of roads in Bastar division with pre fabricated technology, bridge culvert and advanced technology so that construction work can be done with high quality in a short time.
Chief Minister Baghel has expressed hope that in the letter, we will get a decisive edge in the direction of freeing the state of Chhattisgarh from the Naxalite problem.
