Hovercrafts arrive
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, February 23 2011:
To flush out UGs from Loktak lake, Hovercrafts would be inducted in the counter-insurgency operation from next month, SP of Bishnupur district K Jayanta has disclosed.
Three Hovercrafts that Government of Manipur procured from USA with a funding of Rs 5 crores from the Ministry of Home Affairs were brought to Imphal on February 16 and the same are being kept currently at the VDF post of Toubul located along the shore of Loktak.
Talking to mediapersons today in connection with the proposed induction of Hovercrafts, Jayanta observed that induction of Hovercrafts would be of great help in flushing out UGs from Loktak lake.
The SP informed that each Hovercraft can carrying weight upto 500 kgs.
For imparting necessary training on operation as well as for assembling, experts from USA would be arriving here on March 1 .
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After the training of police personnel by the experts, the same would be used in counter-insurgency.
DGP Y Joykumar also visited the VDF post at Toubul to inspect the procured Hovercrafts.