The State Government is getting ready for a big operation against the increasing Naxal activities. The State intelligence department has the information that Naxalites may strike in a big way in the State in the coming days. Police personnel were deployed in large numbers for Naxal operation in districts.
According to ADG Naxal Operation RK Wiz, the Naxalites strike more in the summer, hence the operation would be conducted in a big way.
The State Government had demanded 10 more battalions from the Central Government for combating the Naxals and for security of the State, against which the Centre had sanctioned four battalions and all the four battalions have reached Chhattisgarh. With this addition, total 24 battalions were deployed in the State for Naxal operation and security.
According to sources, besides Durg, Rajnandgaon, Bilaspur, ASPs, DSPs, head constables and constables in hundreds were deployed for naxal operation in other districts also.
Help from UAV was also being sought for keeping an eye on the Naxalites from the air, he added.
Wiz said, it was informed that the naxalites generally set up their camps near water sources during summer season and the Naxals unleash more attacks as the forests and bushes dry up during the season. The police forces were ready to deal with such situations, he added.
He said more and more operations were being done in the naxal affected areas.
According to the director of Junglewar Training School Kanker, Brig Ponwar, in the school, training was being imparted to the trained personnel and officers that how they could fight in the open ground, closed areas, open areas and in the night.
During the training the personnel were being given the information about the art of fighting and the action plan. He claimed that the Jawans, who got training the Junglewar School, were getting success in the Naxal operation.