New Delhi, June 24 () Jharkhand today demanded five battalions of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) to combat Naxalism in the state. Making the demand, state Chief Secretary Rajbala Verma laid stress on the need to strengthen telecommunication and mobile network to control Naxalism. Verma took part in a meeting to review the progress of development works undertaken in the Left Wing Extremism (LWE) affected states. The meeting was held in the pressence of Home Minister Rajnath Singh. "In order to control Naxal problem in the state, Vermademanded five battalions of CRPF to run a special drive in 13focus areas including Latehar, Banalat, Pesrar, Parasnath,Balumath etc," an official statement said. Jharkhand already has more than 20 battalions. Verma urged the Centre to increase the network of banksand post offices for financial inclusion in LWE districts sothat Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana, MUDRA Yojana, KissanCredit Card Yojana, Fasal Beema Yojana and others areeffectively implemented. Noting that at presentl only 1500 bank branches are inoperation in 4402 panchayats of the state, she said thatincreased number of bank branches, post offices, computerizedsub-post offices will boost financial inclusion and alsoincrease post office's role in financial exchanges speciallyin payment of MGNREGA wages. "The CS laid stress on the need to strengthentelecommunication and mobile network to control Naxalism inthe state," the statement said. Noting that new radio and television transmissioncentres are the need of the hour, Verma conveyed during themeeting that at present proposals for 900 mobile towers arepending in the state and out of the five radio transmissioncentres, not even a single one lies in Santhal ParganaCommissionery. Verma also asked the Centre to increase the 5 per centfunds given under NRHM for health-related basicinfrastructure, primary health centres and sub-centres andmake it expense-flexible. She also asked the Centre to minimize the requirement ofland for Central School and Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya from 10acre and 25 acre respectively to 5 acres so that the pending 8Central Schools and 11 Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas can beopened. She also urged the Centre to exclude linear projectslike canal, tele-communication from the need of acquiringforest clearance. TDSPAL