<p>About 2,000 additional troops of the Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) may be sent to forward locations along the Sino-India border to strengthen vigil amid the standoff between the Indian Army and Chinese troops in Ladakh.</p>.<p>The ITBP personnel, currently engaged in different duties in various parts of the country, is being requisitioned in view of the prevailing situation in Ladakh.</p>.<p>About 20 additional companies (2,000 troops) are likely to the deployed in different locations of the Sino-Indian border, a senior government official said.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/india-china-galwan-valley-live-updates-army-pm-narendra-modi-chinese-army-ladakh-border-tensions-850184.html" target="_blank"><strong>Follow live updates on the India-China border tension here</strong></a></p>.<p>The ITBP guards the 3,488 km long Line of Actual Control between India and China, along with the Indian Army.</p>.<p>ITBP personnel are deployed around 180 border guarding posts -- from Karakoram pass to Jachep La -- located in Union Territory of Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim and and Arunachal Pradesh.</p>.<p>Twenty Indian Army personnel were killed in a clash with Chinese troops on June 15 in Galwan Valley in eastern Ladakh, raising tension in the relations between India and China.</p>
<p>About 2,000 additional troops of the Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) may be sent to forward locations along the Sino-India border to strengthen vigil amid the standoff between the Indian Army and Chinese troops in Ladakh.</p>.<p>The ITBP personnel, currently engaged in different duties in various parts of the country, is being requisitioned in view of the prevailing situation in Ladakh.</p>.<p>About 20 additional companies (2,000 troops) are likely to the deployed in different locations of the Sino-Indian border, a senior government official said.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/india-china-galwan-valley-live-updates-army-pm-narendra-modi-chinese-army-ladakh-border-tensions-850184.html" target="_blank"><strong>Follow live updates on the India-China border tension here</strong></a></p>.<p>The ITBP guards the 3,488 km long Line of Actual Control between India and China, along with the Indian Army.</p>.<p>ITBP personnel are deployed around 180 border guarding posts -- from Karakoram pass to Jachep La -- located in Union Territory of Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim and and Arunachal Pradesh.</p>.<p>Twenty Indian Army personnel were killed in a clash with Chinese troops on June 15 in Galwan Valley in eastern Ladakh, raising tension in the relations between India and China.</p>