Surat, Vadodara to get 2 paramilitary units each

Surat/Ahmedabad: Stating that the lockdown will be implemented more stringently than it was done previously, Gujarat DGP Shivanand Jha told reporters on Wednesday that the state has been allotted seven more paramilitary companies by the Centre.
Jha said with the rate of infection rising in containment areas of Ahmedabad and other cities of Gujarat it was decided to deploy a majority of the paramilitary forces in these areas.
“The state has been given seven more companies of paramilitary by the Centre — six BSF companies and one company of Central Industrial Security Force (CISF),” said Jha.
Explaining that most of the extra force was for Ahmedabad, Vadodara and Surat, Jha said, “Four companies of BSF along with one company of RAF will be deployed in Ahmedabad’s containment areas.”
Jha said the extra companies will mean there will now be eight companies of central paramilitary forces on top of the companies of state reserve police force, and it will be sufficient to enforce lockdown in containment areas of Ahmedabad
Two companies of paramilitary forces have already been deployed in Vadodara and three companies allotted to Surat, Jha said. “Surat will now get three more companies of paramilitary forces for bandobust in containment areas,” he added.
Referring to migrant workers, DGP Jha said the government is making all efforts to send them to their home states.