10,000 new personnel inducted to ITBP amidst Indo-China tensions
With a view to strengthening security at the Indo-China border, the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) has decided to induct 10,000 new personnel.
| 22 Dec 2020 12:29 PM GMT
New Delhi: With rising tensions between India and China along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh, the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) is preparing to induct seven new battalions comprising of 10,000 new personnel to guard the borders. While the Cabinet is yet to affirm this move from the ITBP, the Union government has already given its green light.
With the addition of the 10,000 personnel, the total strength of ITBP will be raised to one lakh. The ITBP forces are deployed over the entire Indo-China border which runs across 3488 kilometres from Karakoram in Ladakh to Jachep La in Arunachal Pradesh. Referring to the move, an officer said, "With the LAC becoming the new LoC, the need of the hour is to fortify further for long standoffs with the Chinese." Naturally, the induction move is believed to fortify the strength.