Hey buddy The Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) is one of the five 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

Presently, battalions of ITBP are deployed on border guard duties from Karakoram Pass in Ladakh to Diphu La in Arunachal Pradesh, covering 3488 km of the India-China border

Functions of the ITBP

Check illegal immigration and trans-border smuggling

Provide security to sensitive installations and threatened VIPs

Restore and preserve order in any area in the event of disturbance to maintain the peace

Vigil on the northern borders, detection and prevention of border violations, and
promotion of the sense of security among the local populace.

Conditions of the postings of the ITBP

The border posts manned by ITBP are exposed to high velocity storms, snow blizzards, avalanches, and landslides, besides the hazards of high altitude and extreme cold, where temperature dips up to minus 40-degree Celsius.

ITBP conducts Long Range and Short Range patrols to keep an effective vigil on inaccessible and unmanned areas on the border.