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	'''Sherathang''' is a town in [[East Sikkim district]] near the [[Nathula]] Pass in [[Sikkim]], [[India]]. The location has been identified as the site for excise, customs and checking for trade between India and [[People's Republic of China\|China]]. [[Rinqingang]] is the corresponding location in China.		'''Sherathang''' is a town in [[East Sikkim district]] near the [[Nathula]] Pass in [[Sikkim]], [[India]]. The location has been identified as the site for excise, customs and checking for trade between India and [[People's Republic of China\|China]]. [[Rinqingang]] is the corresponding location in China.

	Sherathang has an [[Indo-Tibetan Border Police]] border post,<ref name=dak1/> which is one of the India-China [[Border Personnel Meeting point]] (BPM point). A regular scheduled [[Nathu La#Dak\|international mail exchange]] between [[India Post]] and China takes place here twice a week.<ref name=dak1/> There is a war memorial at Sherathang to commemorate the [[Indian Army]];s martyrs and war heroes of [[1967 Nathu La and Cho La clashes]].<ref>{{Cite news\|date=11 September 2020\|title=53rd Anniversary of Sino-Indian Nathula skirmish: Wreath laid at Sherathang War Memorial\|work=UNI\|url=http://www.uniindia.com/53rd-anniversary-of-sino-indian-nathula-skirmish-wreath-laid-at-sherathang-war-memorial/east/news/2158555.html\|url-status=live\|access-date=29 March 2021}}</ref>		Sherathang has an [[Indo-Tibetan Border Police]] border post,<ref name=dak1/> which is one of the India-China [[Border Personnel Meeting point]] (BPM point). A regular scheduled [[Nathu La#Dak\|international mail exchange]] between [[India Post]] and China takes place here twice a week.<ref name=dak1/> There is a war memorial at Sherathang to commemorate the [[Indian Army]]'s martyrs and war heroes of [[1967 Nathu La and Cho La clashes]].<ref>{{Cite news\|date=11 September 2020\|title=53rd Anniversary of Sino-Indian Nathula skirmish: Wreath laid at Sherathang War Memorial\|work=UNI\|url=http://www.uniindia.com/53rd-anniversary-of-sino-indian-nathula-skirmish-wreath-laid-at-sherathang-war-memorial/east/news/2158555.html\|url-status=live\|access-date=29 March 2021}}</ref>

	==Border crossing ==		==Border crossing ==
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	===Border trade mart ===		===Border trade mart ===

	Sherathang and its corresponding village Rinchengang in Tibet are the designated India-China border trade marts for the local trade. Rinqingang, in the valley of [[Amo Chu]] where the route from [[Sikkim]]'s [[Jelep La]] pass meets Amo Chu, is also close to the [[Doklam]] disputed area on [[Bhutan–China border]]. In 2003, the governments of India and China agreed to use these locations as designated border trade mart.{{sfn\|Mathou\|2004\|loc=note 39, p. 405}}<ref name=Vajpayee>		Sherathang and its corresponding village [[Rinchengang]] in Tibet are the designated India-China border trade marts for the local trade. Rinqingang, in the valley of [[Amo Chu]] where the route from [[Sikkim]]'s [[Jelep La]] pass meets Amo Chu, is also close to the [[Doklam]] disputed area on [[Bhutan–China border]]. In 2003, the governments of India and China agreed to use these locations as designated border trade mart.{{sfn\|Mathou\|2004\|loc=note 39, p. 405}}<ref name=Vajpayee>
	{{Cite web \|date=23 June 2003 \|title=Documents signed between India and China during Prime Minister Vajpayee's visit to China \|url=https://www.mea.gov.in/bilateral-documents.htm?dtl/7692/Documents+signed+between+India+and+China+during+Prime+Minister+Vajpayees+visit+to+China \|url-status=live \|access-date=27 March 2021 \|website=Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India}}		{{Cite web \|date=23 June 2003 \|title=Documents signed between India and China during Prime Minister Vajpayee's visit to China \|url=https://www.mea.gov.in/bilateral-documents.htm?dtl/7692/Documents+signed+between+India+and+China+during+Prime+Minister+Vajpayees+visit+to+China \|url-status=live \|access-date=27 March 2021 \|website=Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India}}
	</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|last=Roy\|first=Esha\|date=2017-07-25\|title=Next to flashpoint, home tension bigger headache than China chill\|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-china-bhutan-border-standoff-kupup-sikkim-4765776/\|url-status=live\|access-date=2021-03-28\|website=The Indian Express\|language=en}}</ref> In December 2018, Rinchengang village had a population of around 550 people.<ref name="tibet.cn">{{Cite web\|last=陈林楚武干\|date=14 December 2018\|title=西藏仁青岗村：守边护国绿色致富_西藏新闻_中国西藏网\|trans-title=Renqinggang Village, Tibet: Keeping the Border and Protecting the Country and Becoming Rich Green\|url=http://www.tibet.cn/cn/index/news/201812/t20181214_6461487.html\|url-status=live\|access-date=2021-03-30\|website=www.tibet.cn}}</ref> Most of the inhabitants are forest rangers or border guards.<ref name="tibet.cn"/>		</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|last=Roy\|first=Esha\|date=2017-07-25\|title=Next to flashpoint, home tension bigger headache than China chill\|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-china-bhutan-border-standoff-kupup-sikkim-4765776/\|url-status=live\|access-date=2021-03-28\|website=The Indian Express\|language=en}}</ref> In December 2018, Rinchengang village had a population of around 550 people.<ref name="tibet.cn">{{Cite web\|last=陈林楚武干\|date=14 December 2018\|title=西藏仁青岗村：守边护国绿色致富_西藏新闻_中国西藏网\|trans-title=Renqinggang Village, Tibet: Keeping the Border and Protecting the Country and Becoming Rich Green\|url=http://www.tibet.cn/cn/index/news/201812/t20181214_6461487.html\|url-status=live\|access-date=2021-03-30\|website=www.tibet.cn}}</ref> Most of the inhabitants are forest rangers or border guards.<ref name="tibet.cn"/>
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	===Mail exchange ===		===Mail exchange ===

	Sherathang border post is also a [[Nathu La#Dak\|mail exchange point]] between [[India Post]] and China. On Indian side, the mail from mainland India is received at [[India Post]]’s [[Siliguri]] office, send to [[Indian Army]]'s [[Upper Tadong]]-based 77 Field post office, ''"The mail, mostly letters are vetted and then sealed in a bag and a [[Manifesto\|manifest]] issued for the Chinese post office at Yathung in Tibet’s Chumbi Valley is sent to the India Post’s Gangtok head office, from where the sealed bag is collected by the Sherathang postman. While the mail exchange on the Indian side of the border takes place every Sunday, the exchange on the Chinese side takes place every Thursday."''<ref name=dak1>[https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/you-ve-got-mail-at-14-000-ft-sikkim-man-delivers-letters-between-lndia-china/story-wa1ptIC94UpvYv1CIX1I9L.html You’ve got mail, at 14,000 ft: Sikkim man delivers letters between lndia, China], Hindustan Times, 23 April 2017.</ref>		Sherathang border post is also a [[Nathu La#Dak\|mail exchange point]] between [[India Post]] and China. On Indian side, the mail from mainland India is received at [[India Post]]’s [[Siliguri]] office, send to [[Indian Army]]'s [[Upper Tadong]]-based 77 Field post office, "The mail, mostly letters are vetted and then sealed in a bag and a [[Manifesto\|manifest]] issued for the Chinese post office at Yathung in Tibet’s Chumbi Valley is sent to the India Post’s Gangtok head office, from where the sealed bag is collected by the Sherathang postman. While the mail exchange on the Indian side of the border takes place every Sunday, the exchange on the Chinese side takes place every Thursday."<ref name=dak1>[https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/you-ve-got-mail-at-14-000-ft-sikkim-man-delivers-letters-between-lndia-china/story-wa1ptIC94UpvYv1CIX1I9L.html You’ve got mail, at 14,000 ft: Sikkim man delivers letters between lndia, China], Hindustan Times, 23 April 2017.</ref>

	==Infrastructure ==		==Infrastructure ==
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	===Highest 66/11KV Sub-station in India===		===Highest 66/11KV Sub-station in India===

	Power Department, Government of Sikkim has recently commissioned 2X5 MVA, 66/11KV, Sherathang sub-station in the presence of Mr Phigu T. Bhutia, Principal Chief Engineer and his team of other senior officers which is the highest altitude permanent power sub-station in India and second in the world at an altitude of 13,600 feet. The substation was installed as part of the Central Government’s ‘24×7 power for all’ initiative, which aims to meet the electricity needs to many far-flung corners of the country including the troops stationed at the border areas. Workers had to cope with the high altitude, low temperatures, lack of oxygen and intense ultraviolet rays. Geographical remoteness and extreme weather, frequent blizzards and wide-ranging temperatures – between -10 and 20 C in the summer – make managing a power station a herculean task.		Power Department, Government of Sikkim has recently commissioned 2X5 MVA, 66/11KV, Sherathang sub-station in the presence of Mr Phigu T. Bhutia, Principal Chief Engineer and his team of other senior officers which is the highest altitude permanent power sub-station in India and second in the world at an altitude of 13,600 feet. The substation was installed as part of the Central Government’s ‘24×7 power for all’ initiative, which aims to meet the electricity needs to many far-flung corners of the country including the troops stationed at the border areas. Workers had to cope with the high altitude, low temperatures, lack of oxygen and intense ultraviolet rays. Geographical remoteness and extreme weather, frequent blizzards and wide-ranging temperatures – between -10 and 20 C in the summer – make managing a power station a herculean task.{{Citation needed\|date=October 2021}}

	===Highest internet café in the World===		===Highest internet café in the World===

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'''Sherathang''' is a town in [[East Sikkim district]] near the [[Nathula]] Pass in [[Sikkim]], [[India]]. The location has been identified as the site for excise, customs and checking for trade between India and [[People's Republic of China|China]]. [[Rinqingang]] is the corresponding location in China.

Sherathang has an [[Indo-Tibetan Border Police]] border post,<ref name=dak1/> which is one of the India-China [[Border Personnel Meeting point]] (BPM point). A regular scheduled [[Nathu La#Dak|international mail exchange]] between [[India Post]] and China takes place here twice a week.<ref name=dak1/> There is a war memorial at Sherathang to commemorate the [[Indian Army]];s martyrs and war heroes of [[1967 Nathu La and Cho La clashes]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=11 September 2020|title=53rd Anniversary of Sino-Indian Nathula skirmish: Wreath laid at Sherathang War Memorial|work=UNI|url=http://www.uniindia.com/53rd-anniversary-of-sino-indian-nathula-skirmish-wreath-laid-at-sherathang-war-memorial/east/news/2158555.html|url-status=live|access-date=29 March 2021}}</ref>

==Border crossing ==

===Border trade mart ===

Sherathang and its corresponding village Rinchengang in Tibet are the designated India-China border trade marts for the local trade. Rinqingang, in the valley of [[Amo Chu]] where the route from [[Sikkim]]'s [[Jelep La]] pass meets Amo Chu, is also close to the [[Doklam]] disputed area on [[Bhutan–China border]]. In 2003, the governments of India and China agreed to use these locations as designated border trade mart.{{sfn|Mathou|2004|loc=note 39, p. 405}}<ref name=Vajpayee>
{{Cite web |date=23 June 2003 |title=Documents signed between India and China during Prime Minister Vajpayee's visit to China |url=https://www.mea.gov.in/bilateral-documents.htm?dtl/7692/Documents+signed+between+India+and+China+during+Prime+Minister+Vajpayees+visit+to+China |url-status=live |access-date=27 March 2021 |website=Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India}}
</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Roy|first=Esha|date=2017-07-25|title=Next to flashpoint, home tension bigger headache than China chill|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-china-bhutan-border-standoff-kupup-sikkim-4765776/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-03-28|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref> In December 2018, Rinchengang village had a population of around 550 people.<ref name="tibet.cn">{{Cite web|last=陈林楚武干|date=14 December 2018|title=西藏仁青岗村：守边护国绿色致富_西藏新闻_中国西藏网|trans-title=Renqinggang Village, Tibet: Keeping the Border and Protecting the Country and Becoming Rich Green|url=http://www.tibet.cn/cn/index/news/201812/t20181214_6461487.html|url-status=live|access-date=2021-03-30|website=www.tibet.cn}}</ref> Most of the inhabitants are forest rangers or border guards.<ref name="tibet.cn"/>

===Mail exchange ===

Sherathang border post is also a [[Nathu La#Dak|mail exchange point]] between [[India Post]] and China. On Indian side, the mail from mainland India is received at [[India Post]]’s [[Siliguri]] office, send to [[Indian Army]]'s [[Upper Tadong]]-based 77 Field post office, ''"The mail, mostly letters are vetted and then sealed in a bag and a [[Manifesto|manifest]] issued for the Chinese post office at Yathung in Tibet’s Chumbi Valley is sent to the India Post’s Gangtok head office, from where the sealed bag is collected by the Sherathang postman. While the mail exchange on the Indian side of the border takes place every Sunday, the exchange on the Chinese side takes place every Thursday."''<ref name=dak1>[https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/you-ve-got-mail-at-14-000-ft-sikkim-man-delivers-letters-between-lndia-china/story-wa1ptIC94UpvYv1CIX1I9L.html You’ve got mail, at 14,000 ft: Sikkim man delivers letters between lndia, China], Hindustan Times, 23 April 2017.</ref>

==Infrastructure ==

===Highest 66/11KV Sub-station in India===

Power Department, Government of Sikkim has recently commissioned 2X5 MVA, 66/11KV, Sherathang sub-station in the presence of Mr Phigu T. Bhutia, Principal Chief Engineer and his team of other senior officers which is the highest altitude permanent power sub-station in India and second in the world at an altitude of 13,600 feet. The substation was installed as part of the Central Government’s ‘24×7 power for all’ initiative, which aims to meet the electricity needs to many far-flung corners of the country including the troops stationed at the border areas. Workers had to cope with the high altitude, low temperatures, lack of oxygen and intense ultraviolet rays. Geographical remoteness and extreme weather, frequent blizzards and wide-ranging temperatures – between -10 and 20 C in the summer – make managing a power station a herculean task.

===Highest internet café in the World===

Sherathang Trade Mart has the highest altitude permanent [[internet café]] in the world, at an altitude of 13,600 feet. It was added to the [[Limca Book of Records|Limca Book of Records 2007]]. This internet café also doubles as a [[photographic studio]], provides scanning and faxing facilities. Internet charges are at a nominal Rs. 20 per hour. Free training courses are also given here. The café was set up by the Community Information Centre (CIC) of the Sikkim [[Information Technology]] (IT) department and inaugurated by the Chief Secretary of the hill state, N.D. Chingapa, on 21 April 2006. It is frequented by students, traders, tourists and army personnel since it is just 8 km below the [[Nathu La|Nathu La Pass]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=1 March 2007|title=Highest cyber cafe under snow|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/1070302/asp/siliguri/story_7458754.asp|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303190846/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1070302/asp/siliguri/story_7458754.asp|archive-date=2016-03-03|access-date=2021-03-28|website=The Telegraph}}</ref>

==See also ==
* [[Border Personnel Meeting point]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}{{East Sikkim district}}

[[Category:Cities and towns in East Sikkim district]]

{{Sikkim-geo-stub}}