ITBP 5.77

ITBP Force is deployed from Karakoram Pass in the North West extremity of the Indo-China border up to Jechap-La in Arunachal Pradesh covering 3488 KMs of mountainous and in many parts inhospitable terrain. The Force is manning the entire Indo-China border through border outposts at altitudes ranging from 9,000 Fts to 18,700 Ft. Most of the forward outposts are exposed to the fury and violence of nature in the shape of high velocity storms, blizzards, avalanches and landslides, besides the hazards of high altitude and extreme cold where temperature dip to (-) 40 degree Celsius.