Himachal Police training force in Tibetan, Chinese language

Himachal Pradesh Police is giving training to its personnel in Tibetan and Chinese languages to strengthen the intelligence network in border areas along China a police official said on MondayThe knowledge of these languages would help the force to get a better indepth understanding of the happenings at the border area he saidAbout 21000 Tibetans are living in HimachalAt least 48 Himachal villages are located near the Line of Actual Control LAC out of which 36 fall in Kinnaur which shares a 160km border while the remaining 12 villages are in Lahaul and Spiti sharing an 80km border with ChinaToday the border is more secure as compared to 2020 as road infrastructure air defence capabilities and central intelligence IndoTibetan Border Police Army have improved and the communication network is being strengthened officials saidIn 2020 airspace violations by Peoples Liberation Army PLA helicopters were reported on April 11 and 20 in Kaurik Sector followed by the Galwan incident on June 15 of the same yearHimachal Pradesh Police had earlier sent a proposal to construct an airstrip at Rangrik about 10 km from Kaza in Lahaul and Spiti district and doublelane a few strategic roads they said DGP Sanjay Kundu said young and energetic police officers including SP DSP and SHO are being posted in border areas as they are also prone to natural disastersThe Himachal Pradesh Police had also sent a proposal for setting up three counterespionage units and four new police posts in border areas of Chitkul Namgya and Chango in Kinnaur and Sumdo in Lahaul and Spiti district officials saidThe proposal was based on the report of five IPS officers who had visited the border villages for two weeks following the airspace violations and the Galwan incident they saidAlso read Terrorists strike twice at same site in JK within 14 hours minor siblings among 6 killed in attacks protests in many areasOne of the key findings of the team was that the villages were getting depopulated as a result of a lack of economic opportunities Most of these villages had only elderly women left behind they saidOn the other hand China was building rapid infrastructure on their side and repopulating their border villagesThe police posts are required to check espionage and maintain surveillance over the increased activities of tourists foreigners traders and trackers which become hectic in these places during the summer season especially from May to October said the proposal sent to the Union government by the Himachal government in September 2020The twin tribal districts of Kinnaur Lahaul and Spiti share a 240km border with China which is traversed by nine high altitude mountain passesThere are several unmanned ingress points which can be misused by antinational elements as some of the areas in the twin tribal districts remain cut off from the mainland during winters as locals migrate to lower areas with a fraction of the population staying behind and the area is left open for ingress without detection officials saidA police official said that the governor shared the key findings of the team with the Union governmentThe Centre announced the Vibrant Villages Programmes in 2022 under which remote and isolated border villages in Kinnaur Lahaul and Spiti districts along the China border would be developed as livelihoodandtourismoriented the official saidAfter the construction of Atal Tunnel a large number of tourists are travelling to border villages which are moving from isolation to economic activity he saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever