New Delhi: Government is set to clear a proposal to raise a dozen battalions and induct close to 12,000 fresh personnel in the Indo-China border guarding force ITBP to bolster the force’s presence along this strategic frontier.
In view of these additional posts along the Arunachal border, the ITBP had projected to the government that it would need to raise over a dozen battalions to man these new locations.
The raising of battalions would be done in a phased manner and in a time period of over five years.
The mountain-trained force has recently completed a “restructuring” which led to creation of nine new battalions and 1 sector headquarter keeping in mind ITBP’s primary task of guarding the 3,488 km long frontier which largely witnesses adverse climatic conditions and snowy weather.
The announcement was made by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, who made it clear that India wanted to solve the border dispute with China through dialogue.
He had stated that “peace with honour” was the most important requirement for building good friendly relations with that country and other neighbours.
