<p> Ironic it may sound, elite anti-naxal commando squad CoBRA, which was named after one of the most venomous reptile, is now facing incidence of snake bites among its personnel posted in deep jungles.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Ten battalions of the Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA) are deployed in the dense jungles of Odisha, Chhattisgarh, West Bengal, Jharkhand and Bihar to undertake intelligence based anti-Maoist operations and provide quality assistance to regular CRPF and other state police units in similar offensives.<br /><br />Each CoBRA battalion has about 1,000 personnel.Faced with a number of incidents of snake bites, the CoBRA now wants to procure more than 75 units of snake venom removal kit.<br /><br />The kit, assembled by few Indian companies, comes with an extractor, an anti-dote vial and other medical aids. Security forces deployed for counter-insurgency and other operations in jungles are provided with these kits.<br /><br />The CoBRA, which plans to get 76 such kits, will also distribute it to some Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) units deployed for operations in naxal-affected states.<br />"The CoBRA commandos also undertake long haul ambush operations in dense jungles where they stay for close to two days at a stretch sometimes. In case of any snake bite incident, these kits come handy and act as life savers," a senior official of the force said.</p>
<p> Ironic it may sound, elite anti-naxal commando squad CoBRA, which was named after one of the most venomous reptile, is now facing incidence of snake bites among its personnel posted in deep jungles.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Ten battalions of the Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA) are deployed in the dense jungles of Odisha, Chhattisgarh, West Bengal, Jharkhand and Bihar to undertake intelligence based anti-Maoist operations and provide quality assistance to regular CRPF and other state police units in similar offensives.<br /><br />Each CoBRA battalion has about 1,000 personnel.Faced with a number of incidents of snake bites, the CoBRA now wants to procure more than 75 units of snake venom removal kit.<br /><br />The kit, assembled by few Indian companies, comes with an extractor, an anti-dote vial and other medical aids. Security forces deployed for counter-insurgency and other operations in jungles are provided with these kits.<br /><br />The CoBRA, which plans to get 76 such kits, will also distribute it to some Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) units deployed for operations in naxal-affected states.<br />"The CoBRA commandos also undertake long haul ambush operations in dense jungles where they stay for close to two days at a stretch sometimes. In case of any snake bite incident, these kits come handy and act as life savers," a senior official of the force said.</p>