1/n- In a 15-hour rescue operation, a 16-member team of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) personnel walked over 45 km carrying an injured woman on a stretcher from a remote, mountainous location near the Line of Actual Control (LAC) on the border; 
2/n; According to an ITBP official, the control room Friday morning received information that 26-year-old Rekha Devi, a resident of Lapsa village near the China border, was in need of urgent medical assistance after she fell from a hillside;
3/n-The woman had fallen from a hillside and suffered injuries on her legs on August 20, but she could not be rescued for two days as a helicopter could not land in the area, an ITBP spokesperson told PTI;
4/n- Thereafter, a total of 10 personnel from the force’s 14th battalion stationed in Lilam reached the village where the woman stays after covering portions of the journey on foot;
5/n-ITBP personnel trekked for over 15 hours to cover a 45-km distance and get the woman admitted in the hospital in Munsiyari,” said Nilabh Kishore, IG, ITBP;
6/n- It’s a crying shame that though most of us have heard about ITBP, we still don’t know much about it. Description
The Indo-Tibetan Border Police is India's primary border patrol organization with its border with Tibet.
The Indo-Tibetan Border Police is India's primary border patrol organization with its border with Tibet.
7/n- It is one of the seven Central Armed Police Forces of India, raised on 24 October 1962, under the CRPF Act, in the wake of the Sino-Indian War of 1962.
8/n-In September 1996, the Parliament of India enacted the "Indo-Tibetan Border Police Force Act, 1992" to "provide for the constitution and regulation" of the ITBP "for ensuring the security of the borders of India and for matters connected therewith".
9/n- The ITBP, which started with 4 battalions, has, since restructuring in 1978, undergone expansion to a force of 60 Battalions with 15 Sectors and 05 Frontiers as of 2018 with a sanctioned strength of 89,432;
10/n-The ITBP is trained in the Civil Medical Camp, disaster management, and nuclear, biological and chemical disasters. ITBP personnel have been deployed abroad in UN peacekeeping missions in Bosnia, Herzegovina, Kosovo, Sierra Leone, Haiti, Western Sahara, Sudan, Afghanistan;
11/n-Two battalions of ITBP are deputed to National Disaster Response Force. ITBP is the only Central Armed Police Force in India, which has combatised stress counsellors in its Field units, Formations Including the Ranks - Deputy Commandants ESC, Assistant Commandant-ESC-
12/12- Inspector-ESC, Sub Inspector-ESC and Head Constable-ESC. These uniformed stress counsellors also play a major role in improving education for ITBP wards and the local children near ITBP Units.#ITBP #indianarmedforces #IndiaChinaFaceOff #Indianarmy
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