Rapid Action Force

Yeah.

The Hindustan Times reports that two companies of the Rapid Action Force, so that is roughly 250 personnel, were urgently airlifted on an Indian Air Force transport plane from Navi Mumbai straight to Pasigat.

And this entire situation is a severe clash between strategic national development and local ecological preservation, because at the center of it is the proposed Siang Upper Multipurpose Project, which is essentially just a massive hydroelectric dam.

Right.

And just to establish the physical reality of the city during all of this, the police weren't taking any chances.

The source notes a very heavy, highly visible deployment of Rapid Action Force personnel stationed all around Central Park and Connaught Place, essentially locking down the geography.

Moving to our next story, the headline here is Students Join Lehra Do Tiranga March in Delhi.

The Hindu is reporting on this, and the numbers they are citing are genuinely staggering.

We are talking about a deployment of 10,000 security personnel.

That includes the Delhi Police, the Central Reserve Police Force, and the Rapid Action Force all converging on Connaught Place.

It is a phenomenal logistical mobilization.

To give you the measured breakdown from The Hindu- This was the seventh consecutive day of protests.

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation closed entry and exit points at six stations, Janpath, Mandi House, Barakamba Road, Central Secretariat, Rajiv Chowk, and Patel Chowk, for a 10-hour stretch from 6 a.m. to 4 p.m., with an exception for commuters requiring an interchange between lines.

Personnel from the Delhi Police, the Rapid Action Force, and the Central Reserve Police Force took up positions at Barakamba Road and the areas surrounding Mandi House, among other locations.

Gandhi put the figure at half of all police personnel, specifically naming the Delhi Police, the Indo-Tibetan Border Police, and the CRPF, as having expressed support for the demonstrators.

He also stated that officers from those forces were being directed to prevent younger protesters from continuing.