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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…
The Army has been searching extensively for the 16 soldiers missing since Wednesday morning. New Delhi: At least 19 people, including six soldiers, have died in the Sikkim flash floods, and 103 people, including 16 soldiers, remain missing. Over 3,000 tourists are stranded, 2,500 people have been evacuated and 6,000 have been moved to relief…
A satellite image of Lhonak Lake in North Sikkim. New Delhi: Nearly 65 per cent of Sikkim’s Lhonak Lake – around 105 hectares – has been drained after a cloudburst forced the water body to overflow and trigger flash floods in the Teesta River. Temporal satellite images (referring to before-and-after) released Wednesday evening by space…
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