Rigorous training & volleyball to unwind: Life of women CRPF jawans posted in Manipur, Chhattisgarh
CRPF's Bastariya Battalion has inducted women from Maoist insurgency-hit areas of Chhattisgarh. Manipur is not an active combat area and women personnel oversee law & order.
A woman personnel looks at the camera during a demonstration in Chhattisgarh | Photo: Manisha Mondal | ThePrint
Daily routine also includes non-combat training | Photo: Manisha Mondal | ThePrint
Women CRPF personnel demonstrate counter-insurgency operations in a Maoist insurgency-hit area | Manisha Mondal | ThePrint
Women CRPF jawans patrolling tribal areas in Bastar, Chhattisgarh | Photo: Manisha Mondal | ThePrint
Women part of the Bastariya Battalion wear a patka (cloth to hide their face). Usually green in colour, it allows them to easily camouflage while on duty | Photo: Manisha Mondal | ThePrint
Manipur is not an active combat area. Women CRPF personnel posted here oversee law & order, besides undertaking polling duties in remote areas | Photo: Manisha Mondal | ThePrint
CRPF jawan posted in Manipur says they are sent to remote areas in the Northeast for polling duties and that sometimes these parts don’t have 24/7 power or water supply | Photo: Manisha Mondal | ThePrint
CRPF’s Bastariya Battalion has inducted women from Maoist insurgency-hit areas of Chhattisgarh | Photo: Manisha Mondal | ThePrint
For women CRPF personnel, their day begins with a training routine | Photo Manisha Mondal | ThePrint
Women CRPF jawans getting ready for the day inside the barracks of 241 Bastariya | Photo: Manisha Mondal | ThePrint
CRPF jawan part of a new batch holding a rifle during a firing exercise | Photo: Manisha Mondal | ThePrint
CRPF jawan part of road opening party | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrint
Fire and manoeuvre exercise in deep forest area | Photo: Manisha Mondal | ThePrint
Volleyball is an integral part of everyday life; juniors vs seniors matches are held each evening | Photo: Manisha Mondal | ThePrint
Road opening party clearing route in a forest in Chhattisgarh | Photo: Manisha Mondal | ThePrint
CRPF road opening party criss-crosses fields, forests, and residential areas | Photo: Manisha Mondal | ThePrint
One of three teams part of road opening party clears main road, while the other two teams clear parts of the jungle | Photo: Manisha Mondal | ThePrint
Personnel part of CRPF Mahila Battalion performing Navratri pooja | Photo: Manisha Mondal | ThePrint
