- This training school is second overall to train its troops in high-altitude combat and survival tactics as part of their mandate to guard the Line of Actual Control with China.
- The center has been established in remote Dombang and is located at a height of 10,040. ft in Sikkim that shares 220km in front of the India-China LAC.
- This facility has come almost five decades after the establishment of its first such school called Mountaineering and skiing institute (M&SI) at Auli near Joshimath in 1973-74.
- The M&SI is located in the Himalayan ranges of Uttarakhand at a height of 9,000 ft.
- Static Knowledge:
- ITBP director general - Sanjay Arora
- ITBP formed - 1962
Question:
Q.1 Which central armed force of India created its first mountain warfare training school in North East India?
a. CISF
b. CRPF
c. ITBP
d. NSG
a. CISF
b. CRPF
c. ITBP
d. NSG
