Laying emphasis on building infrastructure along the Indo-Pak and Sino-India borders, the government has sanctioned nearly Rs 370 crore to the BSF and the ITBP for construction of bunkers and special climate-controlled huts in forward areas, an official said.
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The BSF guards the 2,526.86 km long Indo-Pak border, including 237.2 km of the Line of Control, and 4096.7 km of the Indo-Bangladesh border.
A total of Rs 369.84 crore has been sanctioned by the Home Ministry for construction of infrastructure for Border Security Force (BSF) and Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP).
The amount will be spent for construction of bunkers, fortifying border outposts of the BSF along the Indo-Pak border, procurement of snow scooter for the ITBP besides other necessary works of the two forces.
The Indo-Pakistan border has been witnessing massive ceasefire violation from across the border since the beginning of 2017.
ITBP guards the 3,488kmlong SinoIndia border that runs through Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh.
The force is specially trained to operate in high altitude mountainous terrain along the border.