By NNN-PTI,
New Delhi : Facing a threat from both urban and Naxal terrorism, Maharashtra state today demanded over Rs 500 crore from the Centre (federal govt) for projects to strengthen and upgrade its capabilities to fight the menace.
“Maharashtra state is under threat from urban terrorism on the west and Left wing terrorism on the East,” Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan said while addressing the Conference of Chief Ministers on Internal Security here. (One crore is ten million)
Listing his various demands, Chavan sought Rs 100 crores for upgrading and setting up training institutions such as anti-naxal training academy Alpha Hawks at Nagpur and Urban terrorism Institute at Pune.
Demanding choppers for carrying out aerial surveillance, he said, “given the length of the coastline, two helicopters having day and night flying capability may be provided to us for conducting aerial patrolling”.