Paramilitary Forces Deployed in
Naxalism/LWE affected Areas
Presently, a total of 691 companies
of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) are deployed in 10 Left Wing Extremism
(LWE) affected States viz. Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand,
Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh & West Bengal
for anti-LWE operation/Internal Security/ Counter Insurgency duties.
The State-wise break up of number of
CAPFs is given below:
|
State
|
No.
of CAPFs
(in
coys)
|
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
16
|
|
Telangana
|
12
|
|
Bihar
|
57
|
|
Chhattisgarh
|
259
|
|
Jharkhand
|
144
|
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
08
|
|
Maharashtra
|
34
|
|
Odisha
|
102
|
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
06
|
|
West Bengal
|
53
|
|
Total
|
691
|
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, availability of force and security situation in
the particular state.
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