ITBP briefs PM Narendra Modi about requirements, air support on China border

NEW DELHI: Border guarding force ITBP today briefed Prime Minister Narendra Modi about the need to develop infrastructure and requirement for dedicated air support for its troops along the Chinese frontier.

The Prime Minister was briefed on the issue by ITBP chief Subhas Goswami, who presented a cheque of Rs 2.91 crore drawn from the pledged one-day salary of its personnel, for relief and rehabilitation of flood victims of Jammu and Kashmir.

"The ITBP DG told the PM about the need of infrastructure development on the Indo-China border. The DG also informed the him about need of dedicated air support to the ITBP.

"He (Goswami) also informed the PM about the need of funds for infrastructure development along the border and for housing arrangements for ITBP personnel at respective ITBP locations," the force said.

The Indo-Tibetan Border Police guards 3,488 km icy frontier and it is also deployed to render a host of internal security duties in the country.