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78 participants take part in specialised CBRN training in West Bengal, India

Patrick Norén

17 Mar 2026 — 1 min read

National Disaster Response Force

Seventy-eight participants took part in a specialised CBRN training for West Bengal National Volunteer Force personnel at the Central Civil Defence Training Institute in Kolkata on Monday, 16 March.

A post on X from the 2nd Battalion of India's National Disaster Response Force said that the training focused on hazard identification, decontamination station establishment and practical case studies.

A gallery of photos from the training is below.

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