Shimla, Oct. 2 -- With India and China agreeing to reopen trade through the Shipki La Pass, the local traders have approached the district administration seeking the lifting of ban on livestock trading along with expediting the setting up of quarantine facility at the trade centre at Chupan (Namgiya).

The trade has been stopped since 2019 and the livestock trading was banned in 2012 due to the absence of quarantine facilities.

Shipki La Pass is strategic pass near the Line of Actual Control (LAC) and has long served as a vital trade corridor between India and Tibet.

The Kinnaur Indo-China Trade Association urged the Kinnaur deputy commission-cum-trade authority for Indo-China border trade via Shipki La to expedite setting up quarantine...