ITBP provides special winter equipment to Himachal police

Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, March 5

The Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) on Friday presented more than 60 sets of various categories of Special Clothing and Mountaineering Equipment (SCME) to Himachal Pradesh Police personnel deployed for security of the Atal Tunnel near Manali.

Prem Singh, ITBP's Deputy Inspector General (DIG) at Shimla handed over the sets to Madhusudan Sharma, DIG Central Range, Himachal Pradesh Police, at the tunnel's south portal, according to a statement issued by the ITBP.

The equipment will be used by Himachal police personnel in extreme cold conditions. Atal Tunnel is located at altitudes of more than 10,000 feet where winter temperature remains sub-zero in snow conditions around.