Expensive and sleek snow scooters, usually found at ice-capped tourist spots for adventure sport lovers, have for the first time being inducted for patrol by ITBP troops along the Sino-Indian frontier. Five of these powerful scooters, procured from a US-based firm, have been deployed at high-altitude border locations of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) in Ladakh, Uttarakhand and Sikkim that overlook the Chinese PLA deployment on the other side. An Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) personnel stands guard in a snow-hit region of Jammu & Kashmir. “The idea is to enhance the mobility of the troops in areas deep into the border locations and at high-altitudes. The 80,000 personnel strong force is tasked with guarding the 3,488 km Sino-India border.

Source: Hindustan Times February 12, 2017 11:14 UTC