NATHU LA

About:

• Nathu La is a mountain pass in the Himalayas connecting Sikkim with Chumbi Valley of the Tibetan Plateau in China.
  
  
• it is one of the three open trading border posts between China and India; the others being
  • Shipkila in Himachal Pradesh and
    
    
  • Lipulekh at the trisection point of Uttarakhand–India, Nepal and China.
    
    
  
  
  
• Nathu La pass was re-opened in 2006 to
  • shorten the travel distance to important Hindu and Buddhist pilgrimage sites in the region and
    
    
  • give a boost to Indo-China trade.
    
    
  
  
  

It is also one of the five officially agreed Border Personnel Meeting points between the Indian Army and the People's Liberation Army of China for regular consultations and interactions between the two armies to improve relations