Doklam is important because it is close to the Siliguri Corridor, which is sometimes called the “Chicken’s Neck.” This narrow passageway, located in the northeastern part of India, is the ...

China and India have a long history of troubles along their 3,488 kilometre undemarcated border that includes a war in 1962 and a number of more recent clashes such as the Doklam stand-off in 2017.

A central government survey for NH717 — there are two branching-out highways named 717A and 717B, had started soon after the Doklam stand-off between India and China in 2017. Doklam is located at the ...