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WHAT HAPPENED RECENTLY?
- Union Ministry of Railways launched CORAS (Commando for Railway Security) of Indian Railways.
- It is separate Commando Unit of Railway Protection Force (RPF). It has been carved out from motivated and willing young staff of Railway Protection Force (RPF) and Railway Protection Special Force (RPSF).
CORAS (COMMANDOS FOR RAILWAY SECURITY)
- Carved out from motivated and willing young staff of RPF/RPSF.
- With an average age between 30-35 years, CORAS will always be young and motivated staff.
- Very high physical standards to join CORAS.
- Commando Coys shall be deployed in Left Wing Extremism (LWE)/Insurgency/Terrorism affected Railway areas.
NAXALITE–MAOIST INSURGENCY
DEPLOYMENT
- “CORAS’ first deployment will be in naxal-hit Chattisgarh.
- They will also be deployed in areas where railway has major ongoing projects which need security like northeastern States and Jammu and Kashmir,” the director general of the RPF said.
SIMILAR EFFORTS IN THE PAST
- Greyhounds (police) – Greyhounds is a police special forces unit operating in the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana and belongs to the Andhra Pradesh and Telangana Police departments. Greyhounds specialises in anti-insurgency operations against Naxalite and Maoist terrorists.
SIMILAR EFFORTS IN THE PAST
- “Black Panther” – Chhattisgarh would get a specialised anti-Naxal combat force called “Black Panther” on the lines of the Greyhound unit.
- The Greyhounds are a special force in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh that specialise in antiinsurgency operations against Naxalites and Maoists.
SIMILAR EFFORTS IN THE PAST
- Operation Green Hunt was the name used by the Indian media to describe the “all-out offensive” by government of India’s paramilitary forces and the state’s forces against the Naxalites.
- The operation is believed to have begun in November 2009 along five states in the “Red Corridor.
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