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33 Outposts Moved Closer to LAC as Part of Forwardisation: ITBP
Hindustan Times Lucknow
|January 08, 2025
The Indo-Tibetan Border Police has moved at least 33 border outposts (BOPs) closer to the India-China border as part of its forwardisation plan, the director general of the force, Rahul Rasgotra, said on Tuesday.
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Addressing the force's raising day parade, Rasgotra said, "...ITBP has implemented the forwardisation plan. Fifty-six border outposts will be set up nearer to the border. Of these, 33 have already been moved."
"For operations requirements, the home ministry approved the setting up of seven new battalions. Of them, six have already been raised in Arunachal Pradesh while the seventh one in Sikkim will be raised this year," he said. The seven battalions comprise of nearly 9,000 personnel.
This story is from the January 08, 2025 edition of Hindustan Times Lucknow.
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