Nana Patekar to meet ITBP jawans at posts along China border

Actor Nana Patekar will soon travel to some of the most difficult and remote border posts of the ITBP as part of his initiative to boost the morale of the troops serving in hostile conditions.
The actor today visited the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) headquarters here and met the force's chief Krishna Chaudhary.
'During the meeting, Patekar expressed his interest to work for the welfare of ITBP personnel and said he desires to take some important initiatives for the same. He also expressed his willingness to visit to the border out posts to meet the jawans of the force and to boost their morale," ITBP spokesperson Deputy Commandant Vivek K Pandey said.

Officials said Patekar could soon travel to some forward locations of the force in Arunachal Pradesh.
The force guards the 3,488-km long Sino-India frontier and some of its posts are located above the height of 14,000 feet, braving sub-zero temperatures and snow blizzards.
Meanwhile, the paramilitary force also got 17 school children from the remote town of Lachung in North Sikkim to meet President Pranab Mukherjee at Rashtrapati Bhavan here today as part of a study tour conducted by it for them.