12,000 ITBP personnel to be deployed along Sino-India border
28 Oct 2014 6:18 AM IST
Against the backdrop of over 300 transgressions by the Chinese Army along the LAC till August this year, Government has given an in-principle approval for induction of nearly 12,000 personnel in the Indo-Tibetan Border Police, a force which guards the 3,488 km-long Sino-India border.
The 12 new battalions (12,000 personnel) will be recruited mainly for deployment at 54 new Border out Posts (BoPs) that will be set along Sino-India border in Arunachal Pradesh, official sources said here. The setting up of new posts, announced by home minister Rajnath Singh on Friday last, will bolster the presence of Indo-Tibetan Border Police along the strategic frontier in Arunachal Pradesh which has witnessed incursion attempts from Chinese side because of large gaps between two border posts.
The 12 new battalions (12,000 personnel) will be recruited mainly for deployment at 54 new Border out Posts (BoPs) that will be set along Sino-India border in Arunachal Pradesh, official sources said here. The setting up of new posts, announced by home minister Rajnath Singh on Friday last, will bolster the presence of Indo-Tibetan Border Police along the strategic frontier in Arunachal Pradesh which has witnessed incursion attempts from Chinese side because of large gaps between two border posts.
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