Anurag Thakur: State to get its 1st CoBRA training centre

Dharamsala, January 17

BJP MP Anurag Thakur met Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday and requested him to start work as soon as possible on a training centre of the CRPF’s CoBRA unit in Himachal Pradesh.

The Commando Battalions for Resolute Action (CoBRA) is a specialised unit of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF).

The Centre has started its initiative to set up the CRPF’s CoBRA training centre in 226 acres of land in Dehra assambly segment, Thakur said in a statement. It will be the first such training centre of the state, he said.

Thakur requested the Home Minister to start the work on the project as soon as possible, the statement said.

The training centre will also be available to other paramilitary forces. The state police personnel will not have to move to other states for various trainings. .— PTI

Centre to improve farmers’ economy

Hamirpur: The Centre has planned to bring 28 hectare under irrigation in the country under the Prime Minister Irrigation Scheme and Rs 50,000 crore will be spent to meet the target. This was stated by MP Anurag Thakur, while addressing farmers at the Krishi Vigyan Kendra in Dhanpur village near here on Thursday.

He said the Centre was committed towards improving the economy of small and marginal farmers of the country. He said the government had also started developing and promoting village vegetable markets to benefit the farmers. He said the state and the Central governments would help the farmers in installing solar water pumps for irrigation to double the income of the farmers. He said the farmers were provided soil health cards to help them identify the status of their farm soil and scientists would advise them on how to improve the yield of their land. — OC