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Gangtok: The toll in the flash flood in Sikkim mounted to 40 with the recovery of two more bodies, while 76 people are still missing about two weeks after the disaster, officials said. The flash flood in the Teesta river, triggered by a cloudburst in the early hours of October 4, devastated the state, affecting…
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Sikkim has a population of about 6.10 lakh people. Gangtok: The death count in the flash flood in Sikkim rose to 40 on Tuesday with two more bodies being found in the state, while 76 people are still missing about two weeks after the disaster, officials said. The flash flood in the Teesta river, triggered…
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Flash flood was triggered by a cloudburst in the early hours of October 4 Sikkim Chief Minister PS Tamang on Monday announced two housing schemes for those who lost their homes in the flash flood that ravaged the northern part of the Himalayan state. The state government will also provide Rs 10,000 each to students…
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Army also carved a 14.8 km route to rescue 97 workers of Kundan Hydro Power Project New Delhi: In a daring mission conducted in North Sikkim, troops of the Indian Army’s Trishakti Corps rescued 245 people stranded in the village of Rabom due to flashfloods in Sikkim, officials said on Sunday. Trishakti Corps have been…
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The flash flood triggered was by a cloudburst in Sikkim. Gangtok: Fifty-six people were rescued in North Sikkim’s Chungthang, one of the worst affected areas in the flash flood, the ITBP said on Sunday. Among those rescued were 52 men and four women, it said. In an another rescue operation, 56 civilians (52 Male &…
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A cloudburst in South Lhonak lake on October 4 caused a devastating flood in Sikkim. New Delhi: The Army on Saturday said the flash floods in the hinterland of Sikkim are not affecting its operational preparedness along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the state and the formations responsible for the border management posture…
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Rescue workers have saved 2,413 people so far, but 6,875 people remain displaced. New Delhi: At least 53 people, including seven soldiers, have died in the Sikkim flash floods, with 27 more dead bodies found in the Teesta river bed in neighbouring West Bengal over the last three days. Seven of these bodies have been…
The flash floods in Sikkim have been declared a major disaster. Sikkim: Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang has blamed “inferior construction” by the previous state government for the destruction of the Chungthang Dam – a 1200 MW hydroelectric project washed away Wednesday in flash floods triggered by a glacial lake outburst over South Lhonak…