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The ITBP’s Director General has announced that 10 all-women border outposts will be established along the LAC. Following the 2020 border clash in Ladakh, the ITBP has developed a “forwardization” plan. Under this plan, the ITBP will also expand its 215 border outposts in northern and eastern India.
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New Delhi: The government is increasing the deployment of Indo-Tibetan Border Police Force (ITBP) personnel to enhance surveillance along the India-China LAC. The ITBP guards the 3,488-kilometer-long LAC. The ITBP's Director General has announced that 10 all-women border outposts will be established along the LAC. Following the 2020 border clash in Ladakh, the ITBP has developed a "forwardization" plan. Under this plan, the ITBP will also expand its 215 border outposts in northern and eastern India.
Government approves seven new battalions
Indo-Tibetan Border Police Director General Praveen Kumar made this statement during the force's 64th Raising Day parade in Jammu on Saturday. He said, "We have implemented a forwarding plan, and as a result, the number of forward-deployed border outposts has now increased from 180 to 215." The DG added, "The creation of seven new battalions and a sector headquarters has not only strengthened this plan but also increased our reach and surveillance in forward areas." The Centre approved seven more battalions and a sector office with approximately 9,400 personnel for the ITBP in 2023.
The number of women border outposts will be increased
The DG said that the force will establish 41 more such forward bases along the India-China Line of Actual Control in the future to strengthen security and coordination. As part of enhancing the role of women combatants, the ITBP is in the process of establishing two all-women border outposts in Lukung, Ladakh, and Thangi, Himachal Pradesh. The DG added that eight more all-women border outposts will be operationalized along this front. The ITBP chief said five new skilling modules have been launched for the force's soldiers, covering subjects like mountain warfare and tactical survival. The ITBP, with over 100,000 personnel, operates border posts at altitudes ranging from 9,000 feet to 14,000 feet, subject to harsh weather and low oxygen levels. The force, formed in 1962, operates under the Union Home Ministry.
