For the first, 34 women commandos were inducted in Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) anti-Naxal Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA) unit on Saturday during a ceremony which was held to mark the 35th Raising Day anniversary of its first women battalion on Saturday. Alongside these women commandos, Mahila brass band was also introduced and with that CRPF will become the first force to have a women brass band.
"CRPF has taken another step towards women empowerment by inducting women commandos on the celebrations of the 88th all-women battalion. Notably, 88th Mahila Battalion of CRPF has the distinction of being the first all-Mahila battalion in the world," the CRPF was quoted by news agency ANI.
These women commandos will first undergo training to acquire skills for three months and then sent to Naxal hit areas.
"Mahila personnel of CRPF forming the first all-women brass band will also undergo a training course to acquire the requisite skills on the musical instruments. It deserves pertinent to mention that the force already has an all-women pipe band," CRPF said in a press release.
Director General CRPF AP Maheshwari noted that the force has a history of empowered women warriors who have “not just brought laurels to the force but have also made the country proud by conspicuous gallantry both at home in India and abroad in several UN peacekeeping missions. Gender neutrality adds to the diversity of the force empowered women make an empowered family which eventually empowers the nation.”
"34 women personnel from the 6 Mahila Battalions of CRPF who are joining the COBRA today will undergo a strenuous CoBRA pre-induction training of 3 months," the CRPF added.
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In the training, these commandos will undergo practices to strengthen their physical abilities and learn tactical intelligence, then will be imparted with next-level training in firing and special weapons, tactical planning, fieldcraft, explosives, and jungle survival skills. Completing the training, the batch of these women commandos will be deployed in LWE areas alongside their male counterparts.
88 Mahila battalion has completed 34 glorious years in service of the nation.