Sikkim

GANGTOK: The death toll in the devastating flash flood in Sikkim has risen to 40, with the recovery of two more bodies, news agency PTI quoted officials as saying. The tragedy, which occurred about two weeks ago, has left 76 people still missing. The flash flood, triggered by a cloudburst in the Teesta river in the early hours of October 4, caused widespread destruction in the state, affecting around...

KOLKATA: Aerial rescue of stranded tourists and locals at Lachen, Lachung and Chungthang in North Sikkim — that had got separated from the rest of the state following the Teesta flash flood — began five days since the disaster on Monday.Multiple Army helicopters began lifting tourists from relief camps to safer terrains where from the tourists were facilitated to get back to NJP or Bagdogra for safe...

SILIGURI: Hope of finding survivors among the 142 people reported missing since Wednesday's monster flash flood in north Sikkim fast faded as nine more bodies washed ashore downstream of the Teesta on Sunday, taking the casualty count to 82.Officials said 49 of the confirmed victims of the flood that cut a swathe through the Teesta basin were found in Jalpaiguri and Cooch Behar districts of Bengal and a...

KOLKATA: Five city girls, who were marooned in a remote village at Rishikhola when the Teesta flash flood washed away the sole bamboo bridge connecting their homestay on a hilltop with the mainland, returned to their Kolkata homes on Friday. They were rescued by army and cops but had to trek 8kms along a forest, riverbed and broken roads to reach safety. They were escorted in a car to New Jalpaiguri.The...

HOOGHLY/MIDNAPORE: The Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) is scheduled to release another 65,000 cusec of water from Maithan and Panchet dams in the next 24 hours, a move that threatens to aggravate the flood situation in Hooghly, Howrah and Burdwan.Thursday, however, had brought some relief to some flood-stricken south Bengal areas as water levels there began to recede in certain localities as less water...

THE TIMES OF INDIA | Oct 05, 2023, 10:27:43 ISTFourteen people have died and 102 others, including 22 army personnel, were missing after the cloudburst over Lhonak Lake in North Sikkim triggered a flash flood in the Teesta river basin, officials said on Thursday. So far, 2,011 people have been rescued, while the calamity that happened on Wednesday affected 22,034 people, the Sikkim State Disaster...