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crpfAfter closure of the fertilizer factory, the Sindri township suffered yet another major blow on Wednesday when CRPF formally started shifting its group centre from here. The group centre office, headquarters to five battalions of the elite paramilitary force, formally shifted to its new base station at Ranchi and started functioning there since Wednesday. With this, jawans and their family members have also started deserting the town creating a sense of insecurity among the civilians of this town. The CRPF group centre was shifted to Sindri from Jamshedpur after closure of the factory in 2003. The group centre was shifted here in the name of protecting the national assets after the factory was shut down. It was not only headquarters to nearly 5,000 personnel but soon Sindri was developed into a recruitment-cum-training centre for new recruits.

Hundreds of township youths have benefited in the last eight years when they got recruitment in the force. Later, the headquarters of one battalion of Combat Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA) was also shifted to Sindri to tackle the increasing Maoist activities in the state. Though the jawans used to be deployed in law and order duty in far-flung areas like Chhattisgarh and J&K, their family members used to live here. Presence of such a large number of force personnel and their family members turned this dying fertilizer township once again into a bustling city. After closure of the factory when nearly half of its former employees left the town for good, the market place used to wear a deserted look and most of the shopkeepers and business establishments started looking for greener pastures.

But an increasing number of force personnel and their family members along with new recruits and trainees turned it into a happening place once more. The force personnel soon mingled with the civil society and became a part of the larger Sindri family.

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