New Delhi:
An all-out offensive against the Naxals, which will see over 60,000 Central security
personnel in action, will commence from March next year, official sources said on Wednesday.
Central security personnel drawn from the CRPF, ITBP and BSF, have already started reaching the respective area of operation and are currently undergoing area familiarization process.
The Central security personnel, who have also been trained in new jungle warfare techniques, will be joined by the state police personnel besides commandos of the newly raised 10-battalion strong Commando Battalion for Resolute Action.
Sources said though the operation was scheduled to start by now, it got delayed primarily due to the Maharashtra and Jharkhand elections. They said some infrastructural support is yet to come up in certain areas of operation and they are waiting for everything to be ready before going in
for the push.
Security personnel have re-drawn their strategies keeping in mind that they would be entering areas and forests which security personnel had not ventured into so far.
The Naxals too are re-stratagising and are coming up with their defence systems.
Naxals are laying pressure bombs in the jungles, which are similar to landmines besides constructing new pits with wooden spikes in order to sabotage the operations of the security personnel.