When ITBP troopers are patrolling border, nobody can encroach an inch of our land: Amit Shah

By PTI

BENGALURU: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday lauded the Indo-Tibet Border Police (ITBP), calling them ‘Himaveer’ (snow bravehearts) and mentioned nobody can encroach even an inch of our land when they’re there on the borders.

Hailing the ITBP personnel, he mentioned they guard our borders in harsh situations and that the title of ‘Himaveer’ for them is greater than Padma Sri and Padma Vibhushan.

“We cannot even imagine how they guard our borders in minus 42 degree Celsius temperature. This can happen only with a strong willpower and supreme degree of patriotism. The ITBP works in the odd geographical conditions in Arunachal Pradesh, Ladakh or Jammu and Kashmir,” Shah mentioned after inaugurating the Central Detective Training Institute of the ITBP right here.

“People of India call the ITBP soldiers as ‘Himaveer.’ This title is bigger than the Padma Sri and Padma Vibhushan civilian awards. While the civilian awards are the government title, ‘Himaveer’ is the title given by the people of India,” Shah informed the gathering.

Among all of the central armed police forces, the ITPB works within the oddest climate situations, he identified.

“I am always assured and never worry at all about the Indo-China border when our ITBP soldiers are patrolling or camping because no one there can encroach even an inch of our land,” the Home Minister mentioned.

He additionally mentioned the Government of India is planning to offer 100 days for the Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) personnel to spend time with their household at their headquarters.

“This is necessary from a human point of view,” Shah added.

The Home Minister additionally informed the gathering that ever since Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party authorities got here to energy on the Centre it improved the housing and well being amenities of the CAPF.

Speaking concerning the significance of analysis, he mentioned the police turns into irrelevant when it stops excited about the modifications occurring in society and reforms itself accordingly.

“The Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D) is an institution which gives a big strength to the police but unfortunately, it did not get the attention it deserved. Also, it did not receive the recognition it should have got,” Shah mentioned.

“Our society has the tendency of continuous change. In 25 to 50 years, the thinking, the shape, the goals and the path of the society change. When the police stop thinking of this change, then it becomes irrelevant. If you want to understand and feel this change, and modify with the change then research is very essential,” the Home Minister mentioned.

He additionally underlined systemic and systematic reform needs to be a steady course of and therefore you will need to draw methods primarily based on the analysis work.

He identified that the duty to hold out analysis work on behalf of the complete police of the nation and the Central Armed Police Forces lies on BPR&D. Cooperation between the establishments, organising seminars, studying from finest practices and challenges, make the police related, Shah mentioned.

The Home Minister emphasised upon coordination between police of various states in India the place the Law and Order is a state topic.

“In India, coordination and cooperation is necessary because law and order is a state subject with cultural diversity. However, criminals too have cultural diversity because they too are part of the culture, and pose different kinds of challenges,” Shah mentioned.

It is an effective determination to make regulation and order a state topic.

But as time handed the nation confronted the problem of narcotics, faux forex, cash laundering, outfits inflicting disturbance within the society, terrorism, infiltration within the border states and issues confronted within the coastal area, he defined.

“If you have to bring coordination between the police of different states, then it can be done by the BPR&D through dialogue, seminars, and cooperation. Unless there is dialogue and cooperation we cannot face these challenges,” Shah mentioned.

He cautioned law enforcement officials saying policing shall be difficult within the coming days in metropolitan cities due to the presence of individuals from completely different states.

“We will not be able to protect our metropolitan cities if we do not focus on research and change our strategy according to the outcome of the research,” the Home Minister mentioned.

BENGALURU: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday lauded the Indo-Tibet Border Police (ITBP), calling them ‘Himaveer’ (snow bravehearts) and mentioned nobody can encroach even an inch of our land when they’re there on the borders.

Hailing the ITBP personnel, he mentioned they guard our borders in harsh situations and that the title of ‘Himaveer’ for them is greater than Padma Sri and Padma Vibhushan.

“We cannot even imagine how they guard our borders in minus 42 degree Celsius temperature. This can happen only with a strong willpower and supreme degree of patriotism. The ITBP works in the odd geographical conditions in Arunachal Pradesh, Ladakh or Jammu and Kashmir,” Shah mentioned after inaugurating the Central Detective Training Institute of the ITBP right here.

“People of India call the ITBP soldiers as ‘Himaveer.’ This title is bigger than the Padma Sri and Padma Vibhushan civilian awards. While the civilian awards are the government title, ‘Himaveer’ is the title given by the people of India,” Shah informed the gathering.

Among all of the central armed police forces, the ITPB works within the oddest climate situations, he identified.

“I am always assured and never worry at all about the Indo-China border when our ITBP soldiers are patrolling or camping because no one there can encroach even an inch of our land,” the Home Minister mentioned.

He additionally mentioned the Government of India is planning to offer 100 days for the Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) personnel to spend time with their household at their headquarters.

“This is necessary from a human point of view,” Shah added.

The Home Minister additionally informed the gathering that ever since Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party authorities got here to energy on the Centre it improved the housing and well being amenities of the CAPF.

Speaking concerning the significance of analysis, he mentioned the police turns into irrelevant when it stops excited about the modifications occurring in society and reforms itself accordingly.

“The Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D) is an institution which gives a big strength to the police but unfortunately, it did not get the attention it deserved. Also, it did not receive the recognition it should have got,” Shah mentioned.

“Our society has the tendency of continuous change. In 25 to 50 years, the thinking, the shape, the goals and the path of the society change. When the police stop thinking of this change, then it becomes irrelevant. If you want to understand and feel this change, and modify with the change then research is very essential,” the Home Minister mentioned.

He additionally underlined systemic and systematic reform needs to be a steady course of and therefore you will need to draw methods primarily based on the analysis work.

He identified that the duty to hold out analysis work on behalf of the complete police of the nation and the Central Armed Police Forces lies on BPR&D. Cooperation between the establishments, organising seminars, studying from finest practices and challenges, make the police related, Shah mentioned.

The Home Minister emphasised upon coordination between police of various states in India the place the Law and Order is a state topic.

“In India, coordination and cooperation is necessary because law and order is a state subject with cultural diversity. However, criminals too have cultural diversity because they too are part of the culture, and pose different kinds of challenges,” Shah mentioned.

It is an effective determination to make regulation and order a state topic.

But as time handed the nation confronted the problem of narcotics, faux forex, cash laundering, outfits inflicting disturbance within the society, terrorism, infiltration within the border states and issues confronted within the coastal area, he defined.

“If you have to bring coordination between the police of different states, then it can be done by the BPR&D through dialogue, seminars, and cooperation. Unless there is dialogue and cooperation we cannot face these challenges,” Shah mentioned.

He cautioned law enforcement officials saying policing shall be difficult within the coming days in metropolitan cities due to the presence of individuals from completely different states.

“We will not be able to protect our metropolitan cities if we do not focus on research and change our strategy according to the outcome of the research,” the Home Minister mentioned.