Morale of our armed forces high: ITBP DG

NEW DELHI: The morale of the Indian armed forces is “very high” and the troops are ready to sacrifice their lives for the nation like in the past, ITBP chief S S Deswal said on Sunday as the military standoff with China continued in Ladakh.

The ITBP Director General (DG) said the recent visit of PM Narendra Modi to Ladakh and his address to troops in Nimu “have raised the morale of all the forces at the border”.

“The complete national leadership, political leadership and the forces and jawans...they are dedicated to the nation.

“They are dedicated to border security and the morale of all forces, be it the Indian Army, Air Force or ITBP, is very high,” Deswal told reporters on the sidelines of an event to inaugurate an over-10,000-bed Covid care centre here. Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal inaugurated the facility for which the mountain-warfare trained force is the nodal agency. The Aam Aadmi Party ( AAP) government in t he national capital and volunteers of the religious sect of Radha Soami Beas have joined hands to run the “Sardar Patel Covid care centre” located in south Delhi’s Chattarpur area.

Talking about the facility, he said the team of doctors and paramedics of the force is “capable” of handling a large number of patients as it has the experience of running the country’s first coronavirus quarantine centre created by the ITBP in the Chhawla area of the national capital as also of treating police personnel infected with the virus at the Cent r al Armed Poli c e Forces (CAPFS) referral hospital in Greater Noida.