Ajmer, Aug 23: The CRPF would raise 22 more battalions to take the total number of battalions of the force to 176, official sources said here today. Training of a new battalion in Ajmer is scheduled to commence here later this month along with that for other battalions at various places across the country, the sources said.
At present, the central reserve police force has 154 battalions with a strength of over 2.04 lakh jawans, they said.
With the raising of the new battalion, Ajmer will have 10 CRPF battalions. Ajmer battalions are at present posted in Ayodhya and Anant Nag, besides places in Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Manipur and Ajmer, they added.
Bureau Report