The capacity of Recruit Training Centre (RTC) of Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) near Iluppaikudi in Sivaganga district would soon be doubled, said Krishna Chaudhary, Director General, ITBP, while visiting the centre on Tuesday.
“Presently, the centre can handle 500 trainees at a time. The plan is to build adequate infrastructure to increase it to 1,000,” he told The Hindu .
He said that additional infrastructure such as housing for staff, barracks for trainees and specialised areas like firing ranges were yet to be built.
“We are planning to have the entire additional infrastructure in place within a year,” he said.
Foundation stone
Mr. Chaudhary laid the foundation stones for construction of a staff quarters and a trainee hostel in the presence of Austine Eapen, Deputy Inspector General of the RTC.
The buildings would be constructed by Central Public Works Department.
Later, he inaugurated a new training block on the 151-acre campus, which became operational in 2011, and inspected a firing range, which is under construction.
On the proposal to open a Kendriya Vidyalaya school on the campus, Mr. Eapen said that only a suggestion had been sent by the ITBP and it was still in the proposal stage.
On recruitment plans, Mr. Chaudhary said that the ITBP never had a problem in recruitment and it was one of the two forces – the other being Border Security Force (BSF) – to have no vacancies.
Recent order
When asked about his recent order advising ITBP personnel to avoid using certain mobile applications which could be used as a trap by foreign spying agencies, Mr. Chaudhary said,
“As these apps are available free of cost, we use them without realising the potential dangers of surveillance. So we have asked our personnel not to use some apps,” he said.
“However, we do not need to enforce. Our soldiers are highly disciplined. Once an order is issued, they will obey,” he added.
