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| ITBP forms water wing to man lakes in Ladakh | | | EARLY TIMES Report
Jammu, Aug 30: Efforts are on for enabling all the paramilitary formations to have its intelligence wings and water wings for collecting inputs on the activities of subversives and antinational elements and for manning the lakes, rivers against encroachment.
The BSF had been the first paramilitary body to have its separate intelligence wing called the (G) branch. Prior to it had to bank on the inputs from the IB, the RAW and the state intelligence agencies. Its (G) branch is sharing information with the Army and the Police.
Now the CRPF too has added intelligence wing which has been followed by the ITBP. These paramilitary formations are being trained in manning the water bodies, especially in the border areas.
It is for the first time that the ITBP has formed a water wing for manning lakes and rivers in the border areas. And the Indo Tibetian Border Police, deployed on the border with China, today announced formation of its water wing to man lakes, rivers and hot springs in the Himalayan region.
The water wing will help the border force man the Pangong Lake, whose one-third portion is in north of Ladakh in Jammu and Kashmir, Indus River and some of the hot springs and rivers in northeast.
This was announced by Director General of ITBP RK Bhatia, who retires tomorrow. He had initiated the process of setting a separate water wing to man the boundary with China.
During the year, the intelligence wing of the force has been reorganised while a new water wing has been formed, Bhatia said in his farewell speech to officers and jawans of the force.
The newly-formed water wing will have strength of a little over 100 personnel led by a commandant. It will be equipped with mechanised and inflatable boats which will help the force maintain round-the-clock vigil of water bodies along the border and Line of Actual Control.
ITBP was so far dependent on the Army for manning the water bodies.
The force had earlier given sanction for setting up exclusive intelligence wing which will generate information along the crucial Sino-Indian frontier.
In order to meet the growing requirements of ITBP, deployed along the 3,488-kilometres Indo-China border as a primary vigil force, the government has approved a Rs 3,000 crore modernisation plan. |
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