CORAS

Piyush Goyal Inducts First Batch of Highly-trained CORAS Commandos in Railways

Piyush Goyal Inducts First Batch of Highly-trained CORAS Commandos in Railways

  • Railway Minister Piyush Goyal inducted the first batch of the Commando for Railway Security (CORAS) at a function at New Delhi railway station on August 14, 2019 to ensure safety to the passengers and goods.
  • These highly trained RPF’s crack commando team will have 1,200 officers.
  • The CORAS commandos will be posted in Left extremist wing affected areas, northeastern region and Jammu and Kashmir and other naxalite areas where providing security to the passengers and the railway network is of utmost priority. 
  • Indian Railways has also decided to set up a new state-of-the-art commando training centre for the Railway Protection Force (RPF) in Jagadhri, Haryana which will have access to latest technology and equipment to modernize and train commandos of the RPF.

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