Stone laid for 2nd CRPF group centre in Sambalpur

Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) Director General (DG) Prakash Mishra on Tuesday laid the foundation-stone of the proposed group center of CRPF at Basantpur on the outskirts of Sambalpur city.

This will be the second CRPF group centre in the State after Bhubaneswar. The group centre in Sambalpur would be simultaneously developed along with the one at Raipur in neighbouring Chhattisgarh, said Mishra.

The State Government has allotted 254.35 acres of land for setting up the group centre. All the administrative affairs and activities of five CRPF battalions would be monitored from here. It would also house a battalion.

Both accommodation and training facilities would be available for the jawans at the proposed centre. On the occasion, when asked on the coordination between CRPF and Odisha Police in tackling Maoist menace, Mishra said both the security groups are coordinating well in handling Maoist issue in the State.