{"id":3754,"date":"2023-10-09T08:54:46","date_gmt":"2023-10-09T08:54:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/?p=3754"},"modified":"2023-10-09T08:54:46","modified_gmt":"2023-10-09T08:54:46","slug":"toll-mounts-to-34-iaf-begins-rescuing-stranded-tourists-sikkim-flash-flood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/toll-mounts-to-34-iaf-begins-rescuing-stranded-tourists-sikkim-flash-flood\/","title":{"rendered":"Toll mounts to 34, IAF begins rescuing stranded tourists : Sikkim flash flood"},"content":{"rendered":"

GANGTOK: Officials\u00a0<\/span><\/span>reported\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Monday\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>34\u00a0<\/span><\/span>dead,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>including\u00a0<\/span><\/span>those\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>10\u00a0<\/span><\/span>army\u00a0<\/span><\/span>jawans,\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/a>had\u00a0<\/span>been\u00a0<\/span><\/span>pulled\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Teesta\u00a0<\/span><\/span>River’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>mud\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>debris\u00a0<\/span><\/span>as\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>result\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>devastating\u00a0<\/span><\/span>flash\u00a0<\/span>flood\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/a>that\u00a0<\/span>also\u00a0<\/span><\/span>left\u00a0<\/span>over\u00a0<\/span><\/span>105\u00a0<\/span><\/span>others\u00a0<\/span><\/span>remained\u00a0<\/span><\/span>unaccounted\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>first\u00a0<\/span><\/span>group\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>trapped\u00a0<\/span><\/span>tourists\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>airlifted\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Lachen\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Mangan\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>North\u00a0<\/span>Sikkim\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Indian\u00a0<\/span>Air\u00a0<\/span>Force,\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/span>which\u00a0<\/span><\/span>has\u00a0<\/span>begun\u00a0<\/span><\/span>rescue\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>relief\u00a0<\/span>operations\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Himalayan\u00a0<\/span><\/span>state.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>In\u00a0<\/span>order\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>coordinate\u00a0<\/span><\/span>relief\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>rescue\u00a0<\/span>efforts\u00a0<\/span><\/span>with\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>armed\u00a0<\/span>forces,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Chief\u00a0<\/span>Minister\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Prem\u00a0<\/span>Singh\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Tamang\u00a0<\/span><\/span>met\u00a0<\/span><\/span>with\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Chief\u00a0<\/span>Secretary\u00a0<\/span><\/span>VB\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Pathak,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Chief\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Army\u00a0<\/span>Staff\u00a0<\/span><\/span>General\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Manoj\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Pande,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>who\u00a0<\/span><\/span>has\u00a0<\/span>arrived\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Gangtok.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jalpaiguri\u00a0<\/span><\/span>district\u00a0<\/span>administration\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>neighbouring\u00a0<\/span><\/span>northern\u00a0<\/span><\/span>West\u00a0<\/span>Bengal\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stated\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>40\u00a0<\/span><\/span>bodies\u00a0<\/span><\/span>had\u00a0<\/span>also\u00a0<\/span>been\u00a0<\/span><\/span>pulled\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>downstream\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Teesta\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>addition\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>34\u00a0<\/span>fatalities\u00a0<\/span><\/span>reported\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Sikkim.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Officials\u00a0<\/span><\/span>cautioned,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>however,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>there\u00a0<\/span><\/span>might\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>some\u00a0<\/span>overlap\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>death\u00a0<\/span><\/span>tolls\u00a0<\/span><\/span>given\u00a0<\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>two\u00a0<\/span><\/span>states.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>With\u00a0<\/span><\/span>22,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>including\u00a0<\/span><\/span>10\u00a0<\/span><\/span>soldiers,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Pakyong\u00a0<\/span><\/span>district\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Sikkim\u00a0<\/span><\/span>recorded\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>most\u00a0<\/span><\/span>fatalities,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>followed\u00a0<\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Gangtok\u00a0<\/span><\/span>with\u00a0<\/span><\/span>six,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Mangan\u00a0<\/span><\/span>with\u00a0<\/span><\/span>four,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Namchi\u00a0<\/span><\/span>with\u00a0<\/span><\/span>two.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Six\u00a0<\/span>days\u00a0<\/span><\/span>after\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>cloudburst\u00a0<\/span><\/span>over\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Lhonak\u00a0<\/span><\/span>lake\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Mangan\u00a0<\/span><\/span>district\u00a0<\/span><\/span>triggered\u00a0<\/span><\/span>an\u00a0<\/span>increase\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Teesta\u00a0<\/span><\/span>river,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>flooding\u00a0<\/span><\/span>many\u00a0<\/span>towns\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>river\u00a0<\/span>basin\u00a0<\/span><\/span>spanning\u00a0<\/span><\/span>four\u00a0<\/span>districts\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Himalayan\u00a0<\/span><\/span>state,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>105\u00a0<\/span>people\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span>still\u00a0<\/span>unaccounted\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>According\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>statement\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Sikkim\u00a0<\/span><\/span>State\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Disaster\u00a0<\/span>Management\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Authority,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>63\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>missing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>people\u00a0<\/span>are\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Pakyong,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>20\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Gangtok,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>16\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Mangan,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>six\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Namchi.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Up\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>3,432\u00a0<\/span><\/span>kuccha\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>pucca\u00a0<\/span><\/span>homes\u00a0<\/span><\/span>have\u00a0<\/span>suffered\u00a0<\/span><\/span>damage.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>5,327\u00a0<\/span><\/span>persons\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>total\u00a0<\/span><\/span>have\u00a0<\/span>been\u00a0<\/span><\/span>saved\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>evacuated.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>state’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>transportation\u00a0<\/span>network\u00a0<\/span><\/span>has\u00a0<\/span>been\u00a0<\/span><\/span>hampered\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>total\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>14\u00a0<\/span><\/span>bridges\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>have\u00a0<\/span>either\u00a0<\/span>been\u00a0<\/span><\/span>washed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>out\u00a0<\/span>or\u00a0<\/span><\/span>submerged.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>6,505\u00a0<\/span><\/span>individuals\u00a0<\/span>who\u00a0<\/span><\/span>were\u00a0<\/span>made\u00a0<\/span><\/span>homeless\u00a0<\/span><\/span>as\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>result\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>flash\u00a0<\/span>flood\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span>being\u00a0<\/span>housed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>26\u00a0<\/span><\/span>relief\u00a0<\/span>camps\u00a0<\/span><\/span>spread\u00a0<\/span><\/span>across\u00a0<\/span><\/span>four\u00a0<\/span>districts.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>There\u00a0<\/span>were\u00a0<\/span><\/span>85,870\u00a0<\/span><\/span>persons\u00a0<\/span><\/span>impacted\u00a0<\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>flash\u00a0<\/span><\/span>flood.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span><\/span>ongoing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>relief\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>rescue\u00a0<\/span>efforts\u00a0<\/span><\/span>were\u00a0<\/span>discussed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>at\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>high-level\u00a0<\/span>meeting\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>CM\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Tamang\u00a0<\/span><\/span>called\u00a0<\/span><\/span>at\u00a0<\/span><\/span>his\u00a0<\/span><\/span>official\u00a0<\/span><\/span>house\u00a0<\/span><\/span>with\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Chief\u00a0<\/span>Secretary\u00a0<\/span><\/span>VB\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Pathak,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Chief\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Army\u00a0<\/span>Staff\u00a0<\/span><\/span>General\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Manoj\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Pande,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>other\u00a0<\/span><\/span>officials.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>According\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>an\u00a0<\/span><\/span>official,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>purpose\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>conference\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>ensure\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>trapped\u00a0<\/span><\/span>individuals\u00a0<\/span><\/span>were\u00a0<\/span><\/span>quickly\u00a0<\/span><\/span>rescued\u00a0<\/span><\/span>while\u00a0<\/span><\/span>coordinating\u00a0<\/span>efforts\u00a0<\/span><\/span>with\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>military.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>According\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>a\u00a0<\/span><\/span>defence\u00a0<\/span><\/span>official,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Indian\u00a0<\/span>Air\u00a0<\/span>Force\u00a0<\/span><\/span>has\u00a0<\/span>begun\u00a0<\/span><\/span>disaster\u00a0<\/span>relief\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>humanitarian\u00a0<\/span>aid\u00a0<\/span><\/span>operations\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Sikkim\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>has\u00a0<\/span>flown\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>chopper\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>rescue\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>first\u00a0<\/span><\/span>group\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stranded\u00a0<\/span><\/span>tourists\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Lachen\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Mangan.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>It\u00a0<\/span>also\u00a0<\/span><\/span>delivered\u00a0<\/span><\/span>vital\u00a0<\/span>supplies\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>emergency\u00a0<\/span>personnel\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Lachen.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Although\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>precise\u00a0<\/span>number\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>tourists\u00a0<\/span><\/span>saved\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>first\u00a0<\/span><\/span>batch\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>not\u00a0<\/span>yet\u00a0<\/span>known,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>MI-17\u00a0<\/span><\/span>helicopter\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>employed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>rescue\u00a0<\/span>mission\u00a0<\/span><\/span>has\u00a0<\/span>a\u00a0<\/span><\/span>capability\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>carry\u00a0<\/span><\/span>25\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>30\u00a0<\/span><\/span>passengers.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>“The\u00a0<\/span><\/span>IAF\u00a0<\/span><\/span>commenced\u00a0<\/span><\/span>its\u00a0<\/span><\/span>humanitarian\u00a0<\/span>aid\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>disaster\u00a0<\/span>relief\u00a0<\/span><\/span>operations\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Air\u00a0<\/span>Force\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Station\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Bagdogra\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>flood\u00a0<\/span><\/span>victims\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Sikkim\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Air\u00a0<\/span>Force\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Day,”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>said\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>defence\u00a0<\/span><\/span>official.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Using\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Chinook\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>MI\u00a0<\/span><\/span>17\u00a0<\/span><\/span>V5\u00a0<\/span><\/span>helicopters,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>air\u00a0<\/span><\/span>force\u00a0<\/span><\/span>has\u00a0<\/span>begun\u00a0<\/span><\/span>delivering\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Garud\u00a0<\/span><\/span>commandos,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>communication\u00a0<\/span>equipment,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>fuel,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>medications,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>search\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>rescue\u00a0<\/span><\/span>equipment\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>state\u00a0<\/span><\/span>as\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Sunday,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>he\u00a0<\/span><\/span>said.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>official\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stated\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>IAF\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>completely\u00a0<\/span>prepared\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>assist\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>victims\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>catastrophic\u00a0<\/span>floods\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>left\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>small\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Himalayan\u00a0<\/span><\/span>state\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>shambles\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Eastern\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Air\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Command\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>coordinating\u00a0<\/span><\/span>HADR\u00a0<\/span><\/span>operations.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>“The\u00a0<\/span><\/span>helicopters\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span>kept\u00a0<\/span><\/span>ready\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>transport\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>stranded\u00a0<\/span><\/span>tourists\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>local\u00a0<\/span>residents\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>safer\u00a0<\/span>locations\u00a0<\/span><\/span>as\u00a0<\/span>soon\u00a0<\/span><\/span>as\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>weather\u00a0<\/span>conditions\u00a0<\/span><\/span>improve,”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stated\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Defence\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Department\u00a0<\/span><\/span>official.<\/span><\/span><\/span> 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<\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jalpaiguri\u00a0<\/span><\/span>district\u00a0<\/span>administration\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>West\u00a0<\/span>Bengal\u00a0<\/span><\/span>has\u00a0<\/span>reported\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>40\u00a0<\/span><\/span>dead\u00a0<\/span><\/span>have\u00a0<\/span>been\u00a0<\/span><\/span>found\u00a0<\/span><\/span>so\u00a0<\/span>far\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Teesta\u00a0<\/span><\/span>River’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>downstream.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>According\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>officials,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>10\u00a0<\/span><\/span>bodies\u00a0<\/span><\/span>have\u00a0<\/span>been\u00a0<\/span><\/span>identified\u00a0<\/span><\/span>so\u00a0<\/span>far.<\/span><\/span><\/span> 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