AI courier facility for ITBP troops in border areas

New Delhi: The government has reserved a chunk of Air India seats every week to ferry ITBP troops deployed for border guarding duties along the icy frontiers with China.
105 seats have been reserved for the personnel in an Air India plane that will take them every Saturday from Delhi to Leh and bring an equal number back, a senior Indo-Tibetan Border Police official said on Wednesday. It will carry ITBP personnel and officials along with their equipment.
The decision has been taken by the Home Ministry in consultation with the Civil Aviation Ministry in order to minimise the hardships faced the troops while travelling for their deployment areas along the frontiers and while coming back from there during their leave period.
30/11/11 PTI/ZeeNews

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