Assam rifles to raise 26 additional battalions

New Delhi: The paramilitary Assam Rifles will raise 26 additional battalions for deployment along the India-Myanmar border to check infiltration, an official said on Friday.

"We have been assured of 26 battalions and a decision will be taken by the year end. We will raise three to four battalions every year and all these battalions will be deployed along the Indo-Myanmar border," Assam Rifles chief Lt. General KS Yadav said here.

"Besides these, we will also be creating infrastructure like roads and helipads," he said at the force`s Raising Day here.

The Assam Rifles has 46 battalions, of which 15 are deployed along the Indo-Myanmar border.

IANS