Sikkim landslide: More than 1,200 tourists stranded in Sikkim’s Mangan district due to disruption in road and communication network are likely to be evacuated today i.e. on June 16 if the weather permits, a state government statement said, as reported by PTI. Sikkim recently experienced two natural calamities: a landslide in Namchi district resulting in three deaths, and another landslide in Mangan district on the nights of June 12 and 13 that claimed six lives.
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Here are 10 points to know
1. As per the state government statement, The evacuation of tourists from Lachung would begin on Sunday through airlift and roadways, depending on weather conditions.”
2. According to Tourism and Civil Aviation Secretary CS Rao, approximately 1,215 tourists, including 15 foreigners, have been stranded in Lachung town for the past week. Incessant rains severely damaged the road and communication networks in Mangan district, disrupting vehicle movements to and from the area.
3. Multiple landslides at various stretches including Dikchu-Sanklang-Toong, Mangan-Sanklang, Singtham-Rangrang and Rangrang-Toong, besides collapse of the vital Sanklang suspension bridge have severed connectivity to North Sikkim.
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4. The disaster has claimed nine lives, three people lost their lives in the landslide in Namchi district whereas six people lost their lives in a landslide that happened on the intervening nights of June 12 and 13 in Mangan district, as reported by news agency PTI.
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5. State Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang have also announced an ex-gratia of ₹5 lakh each to the families of deceased and also said that the government would re-build the destroyed homes.
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(With inputs from agencies)
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