The Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) is now going to recruit women officers in supervisory officers rank - assistant commandments as well - for leading the battalions. This was announced by the ITBP chief Krishna Choudhary during the force's annual press conference on Tuesday.
While talking to media at the ITBP headquarters in the national capital, Chaudhary said that the ITBP even plans to have one-third of the border force as women officers. They will serve the nation on the border posts alongside men in extreme climate conditions of China and Sikkim. In fact, 500 newly recruited women officers are already under training by ITBP.
Speaking of the attitude of our neighbour and the situation at the India-China border, Choudhary said there were no problems on the either side of the fence. He added that whatever differences arise, they are due to "difference of perception"
We should not become warmongers. We are there on the border to guard, not to fight," he said.
ITBP will soon have 40 more border posts and 12 staging camps in eastern sector of border, primarily Arunachal Pradesh. The force has also procured 4,830 night vision devices worth Rs 81 crore for its operations on the border.
To ease the life of the officers serving the nation, the ITBP will also have solar power run centrally heated posts on borders which are extremely cold and make it tough to work. These border posts will be operational by next year.
In addition to this, the ITBP plans to deploy three more battalions in the Naxalite belt by next year. Presently, five battalions are posted in Narayanpur in Chhattisgarh. There are 1,000 officers in a battalion. That way, the ITBP will have 8,000 offiecrs deployed in the Naxalite-affected areas by next year.
While talking to media at the ITBP headquarters in the national capital, Chaudhary said that the ITBP even plans to have one-third of the border force as women officers. They will serve the nation on the border posts alongside men in extreme climate conditions of China and Sikkim. In fact, 500 newly recruited women officers are already under training by ITBP.
Speaking of the attitude of our neighbour and the situation at the India-China border, Choudhary said there were no problems on the either side of the fence. He added that whatever differences arise, they are due to "difference of perception"
We should not become warmongers. We are there on the border to guard, not to fight," he said.
ITBP will soon have 40 more border posts and 12 staging camps in eastern sector of border, primarily Arunachal Pradesh. The force has also procured 4,830 night vision devices worth Rs 81 crore for its operations on the border.
To ease the life of the officers serving the nation, the ITBP will also have solar power run centrally heated posts on borders which are extremely cold and make it tough to work. These border posts will be operational by next year.
In addition to this, the ITBP plans to deploy three more battalions in the Naxalite belt by next year. Presently, five battalions are posted in Narayanpur in Chhattisgarh. There are 1,000 officers in a battalion. That way, the ITBP will have 8,000 offiecrs deployed in the Naxalite-affected areas by next year.
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