PITHORAGARH, JUL 28 (PTI): India-China border trade via Uttarakhand’s Lipulekh Pass is set to resume on August 1 after a gap of more than six years, with the neighbouring country granting permission to 20 Indian traders to visit Purang (Taklakot), according to officials. Ashish Joshi, the Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) and Trade Officer of Dharchula, stated that the Border Trade Organization has been asked to submit the names of 20 traders for the first phase.. The India-China Border Trade Association has decided to prioritise, in the first batch, those 20 traders whose goods remained in rented warehouses in Taklakot in 2019. Border trade had been abruptly halted that year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. With the necessary arrangements now in place, the way has been cleared for the resumption of this historic border trade starting August 1.