Watch: On Republic Day, ITBP officers unfurl national flag, take out marches in freezing temperatures

Republic Day 2022: Indo-Tibetan Border Force officers mark the Republic Day in Ladakh. (Screengrab from video posted on Twitter by @ITBP_official)

Personnel of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), serving in bitterly cold conditions in Himachal Pradesh, Ladakh and Uttarakhand, celebrated Republic Day on January 26 by unfurling the national flag and taking out marches

India is celebrating its 73^rd Republic Day today. In Delhi, a grand parade with military displays and the tableaux of states will mark the occasion.

Events to celebrate Republic Day are be held in all parts of the country, including snow-covered regions with sub-zero temperatures.

In Uttarakhand’s Auli, at a height of 11,000 feet, ITBP personnel took out a ski march holding the national flag.

#WATCH Indo-Tibetan Border Police 'Himveers' celebrate the 73rd Republic Day at 11,000 feet in minus 20 degrees Celsius at Auli in Uttarakhand pic.twitter.com/1nhbrOWSp3

— ANI (@ANI) January 26, 2022

#WATCH | Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) personnel celebrate #RepublicDay at 14,000 feet altitude in -30 degree Celsius temperature in Uttarakhand. pic.twitter.com/sPPJHqzr1u

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— ANI (@ANI) January 26, 2022

#WATCH | Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) personnel celebrate #RepublicDay at 12,000 feet in sub-zero temperatures, in Kumaon region of Uttarakhand. pic.twitter.com/Khi2n0Lq2L

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— ANI (@ANI) January 26, 2022

Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) personnel celebrate #RepublicDay at 16,000 feet in Himachal Pradesh, braving the harsh winter conditions. pic.twitter.com/DjDbLdNCaw

— ANI (@ANI) January 26, 2022

In snow-covered and windy Ladakh, the officers took out a march ,with one in the front holding the national flag. 

आईटीबीपी के हिमवीरों का राष्ट्र को नमन

Happy Republic Day from #Himveers of ITBP

From #Ladakh#RepublicDay2022#RepublicDay#गणतंत्रदिवसpic.twitter.com/bS1A8pnPlH

— ITBP (@ITBP_official) January 26, 2022

The border posts where ITBP personnel are posted are situated at altitudes ranging from 9,000 feet to 18,800 feet. Temperatures at these locations can drop as low as minus 45 degrees Celsius.

ITBP officers are trained in mountaineering and skiing. Apart from border duties, they conduct relief and rescue operations in case of natural calamities in the Himalayan region.