First deployment of CORAS in Naxal-hit areas of Chhattisgarh

The first deployment of the Railway's commando unit CORAS will be in Naxal-hit areas of Chhattisgarh, RPF DG Arun Kumar said on Wednesday.

He said a new state-of-the-art facility will be built in Haryana's Jagadhari city to train CORAS commandos.

Speaking at the launch of the Commandos for Railway Safety (CORAS), Railway Minister Piyush Goyal said he has approved the setting up of the institute and instructed the Railway Protection Force (RPF) to provide them with training of international standards.

"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 north eastern states and Jammu and Kashmir," the director general of the RPF said.

The unit is being envisaged as a responder for any situation pertaining to damage, disturbance, disruption of train operations, attack/hostage/hijack, disaster situations in railway areas, he said.

Comprising RPF and Railway Protection Special Force (RPSF) personnel, the