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 official told PTI. 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. The Indo-Pak border has been witnessing massive ceasefire violation from across the border since the beginning of 2017. ITBP guards the 3,488-km-long Sino-India border that runs through Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh. ITBP border out posts are of the height up to 18,750 feet where the temperature dips down minus 40 degree Celsius.

Source: dna January 31, 2018 10:18 UTC