The Centre has approved the deployment of additional 26 Assam Rifles battalions on the Indo-Myanmar border to check the activities of Northeast extremists, the ultras include ULFA cadres, who have been fleeing Bangladesh since the security forces launched a series of raids against them.<br/><br/>According to the additional director-general of Assam Rifles, Maj. Gen. J.P. Nehru, the additional battalions would be able to tackle Northeast extremists taking shelter in Myanmar. Gen. Nehra admitted that shortage of Assam Rifles personnel on the Indo-Myanmar border had hampered vigil. At present, only 15 battalions of the paramilitary force are manning the border from Arunachal Pradesh to Mizoram.<br/><br/>Unlike the BSF, which has permanent border outposts, the Assam Rifles only has common operating bases on the Indo-Myanmar border. The manning of the border was entrusted to Assam Rifles after the Kargil war.<br/>