The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) on Tuesday opened its third field hospital in the insurgency-hit Bastar region of Chhattisgarh.
The hospital which will provide treatment to civilians, besides paramilitary and police personnel, officials stated.
CRPF's Director General (DG) Prakash Mishra inaugurated the hospital in Bhejji—a Maoist hotbed in Sukma district.
Notably, CRPF had also set up a Field hospital one each at Chintalnar (Sukma) and Bijapur last year.
Work has also commenced to establish a 50-bedded hospital for CRPF personnel at the CRPF Group Center in Bilaspur, officials stated. The project had been take up by Central Public Works Department (CPWD).
On the other hand, the Chhattisgarh Government has also decided to build a 100-bedded hospital at Jagdalpur in restive Bastar region.
The Government has provisioned Rs one crore for construction of the hospital in its supplementary budget for 2015-16, officials stated.
Notably, as many as 259 battalions of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) are currently deployed in Chhattisgarh’s left Wing Extremism (lWE) affected regions, officials stated.
The deployment in other states is as follows- Andhra Pradesh (16), Telangana (12), Bihar (57), Chhattisagrh (259), Jharkhand (144), Madhya Pradesh (8), Maharashtra (34), Odisha (102), Uttar Pradesh (6), West Bengal (53).
Presently, a total of 691 battalions of CAPFs are deployed across the country in lWE areas.
Deployment of CAPFs is a dynamic process and keeps on changing from time to time depending upon the requirements projected by the State as well as demands of other lWE affected states