NEW DELHI: The government has allowed Indo-Tibetan Border Police to create 47 additional border outposts and 12 ‘staging camps’ to step up vigil along the border with China, officials familiar with the development told ET.
The home ministry nod will also lead to creation of a strategic sector headquarter on the front and boost manpower and infrastructure along the China border, they said.
The staging camps act as temporary border outposts (BOPs) for ITBP troops out on operations or patrols along the Himalayan frontier, and provide them rations, logistics and a place to stay.
ITBP had sought creation of staging camps to reduce the inter-BOP distance at the arduous border that experiences frequent blizzards and sub-zero temperatures, a home ministry official said.
