{"id":3810,"date":"2023-10-10T08:06:05","date_gmt":"2023-10-10T08:06:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/?p=3810"},"modified":"2023-10-10T08:06:05","modified_gmt":"2023-10-10T08:06:05","slug":"choppers-evacuate-stranded-tourists-from-north-sikkim-for-2nd-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/choppers-evacuate-stranded-tourists-from-north-sikkim-for-2nd-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Choppers evacuate stranded tourists from North Sikkim for 2nd day"},"content":{"rendered":"

GANGTOK: Armed<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>troops\u00a0<\/span><\/span>continued\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>evacuate\u00a0<\/span><\/span>visitors\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Lachen\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Lachung\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>North\u00a0<\/span>Sikkim\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/a>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Tuesday\u00a0<\/span><\/span>as\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>weather\u00a0<\/span><\/span>remained\u00a0<\/span><\/span>clear\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>second\u00a0<\/span><\/span>day,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>according\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>officials.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Choppers\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/a>transported\u00a0<\/span><\/span>about\u00a0<\/span>95\u00a0<\/span><\/span>trapped\u00a0<\/span><\/span>individuals\u00a0<\/span>from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Lachung\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Lachen.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>first\u00a0<\/span><\/span>group\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Lachung\u00a0<\/span><\/span>consisted\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>two\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Lachung\u00a0<\/span><\/span>village\u00a0<\/span>residents\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>17\u00a0<\/span><\/span>tourists.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>In\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>morning,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>choppers\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/span>made\u00a0<\/span><\/span>two\u00a0<\/span><\/span>sorties\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>region.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>People\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Lachung\u00a0<\/span><\/span>were\u00a0<\/span>transported\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Pakyong\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Airport,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>which\u00a0<\/span>is\u00a0<\/span><\/span>close\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Gangtok.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Three\u00a0<\/span><\/span>helicopter\u00a0<\/span><\/span>sorties\u00a0<\/span><\/span>were\u00a0<\/span>used\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>remove\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>first\u00a0<\/span><\/span>group\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>76\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stranded\u00a0<\/span><\/span>individuals\u00a0<\/span>from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Lachen,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>including\u00a0<\/span><\/span>two\u00a0<\/span>children.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>They\u00a0<\/span><\/span>were\u00a0<\/span>taken\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Ringhim\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Helipad\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Mangan.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Hem\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Kumar\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Chettri,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>District\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Magistrate\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Mangan,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>reported\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>IAF\u00a0<\/span><\/span>has\u00a0<\/span>dispatched\u00a0<\/span><\/span>three\u00a0<\/span><\/span>helicopters,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>with\u00a0<\/span><\/span>two\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>them\u00a0<\/span><\/span>heading\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Lachen\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>one\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Lachung.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>According\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Chettri,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>district\u00a0<\/span><\/span>administration’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>top\u00a0<\/span><\/span>concern\u00a0<\/span><\/span>at\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>moment\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>evacuation\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>visitors\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>sick\u00a0<\/span>people.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>According\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>officials,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>more\u00a0<\/span><\/span>airlifts\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stranded\u00a0<\/span><\/span>tourists\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Lachung\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Lachen\u00a0<\/span><\/span>towns\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>worst-affected\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Mangan\u00a0<\/span><\/span>area\u00a0<\/span><\/span>will\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>conducted\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>choppers.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>To\u00a0<\/span>assist\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>tourists\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>getting\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Siliguri\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Gangtok,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>they\u00a0<\/span><\/span>said\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>state\u00a0<\/span><\/span>government\u00a0<\/span><\/span>had\u00a0<\/span>set\u00a0<\/span><\/span>up\u00a0<\/span><\/span>SNT\u00a0<\/span><\/span>buses.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>After\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>cloudburst\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Lhonak\u00a0<\/span><\/span>lake\u00a0<\/span><\/span>created\u00a0<\/span><\/span>flash\u00a0<\/span>floods\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Teesta\u00a0<\/span><\/span>river,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>which\u00a0<\/span><\/span>devastated\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Chungthang\u00a0<\/span><\/span>valley\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>flooded\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>river\u00a0<\/span><\/span>basin\u00a0<\/span><\/span>area\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>four\u00a0<\/span>districts\u00a0<\/span><\/span>downstream\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>October\u00a0<\/span>4,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>around\u00a0<\/span>3,000\u00a0<\/span><\/span>visitors\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>various\u00a0<\/span>parts\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>nation\u00a0<\/span><\/span>became\u00a0<\/span>stuck\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>North\u00a0<\/span>Sikkim\u00a0<\/span><\/span>cities.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Lachen\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Lachung\u00a0<\/span><\/span>were\u00a0<\/span>evacuated\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>more\u00a0<\/span>than\u00a0<\/span><\/span>360\u00a0<\/span><\/span>tourists\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Monday.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>DM\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stated\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>as\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>right\u00a0<\/span>now,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>more\u00a0<\/span>than\u00a0<\/span>700\u00a0<\/span><\/span>individuals\u00a0<\/span><\/span>had\u00a0<\/span>been\u00a0<\/span><\/span>safely\u00a0<\/span><\/span>transported\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>flood-affected\u00a0<\/span>areas,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>including\u00a0<\/span><\/span>tourists,\u00a0<\/span>locals,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>labourers\u00a0<\/span><\/span>who\u00a0<\/span><\/span>were\u00a0<\/span>trapped\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>places\u00a0<\/span><\/span>like\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Chungthang\u00a0<\/span><\/span>where\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Bailey\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Bridge\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>created\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>emergency\u00a0<\/span>evacuation.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>DM\u00a0<\/span><\/span>added\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>teams\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>rescue\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>recovery\u00a0<\/span><\/span>have\u00a0<\/span>already\u00a0<\/span>arrived\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span>operating\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>ground\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>impacted\u00a0<\/span>areas.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>According\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>him,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>BSNL\u00a0<\/span><\/span>phone\u00a0<\/span>lines\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Lachung\u00a0<\/span><\/span>have\u00a0<\/span>been\u00a0<\/span><\/span>repaired,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>this\u00a0<\/span>evening,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>phone\u00a0<\/span><\/span>connectivity\u00a0<\/span><\/span>will\u00a0<\/span>also\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>restored\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Lachen\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Chungthang.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>He\u00a0<\/span><\/span>claimed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>this\u00a0<\/span>evening,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>power\u00a0<\/span><\/span>would\u00a0<\/span>also\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>restored\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Chungthang,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Lachen,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Lachung.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>In\u00a0<\/span><\/span>North\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Sikkim,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>floods\u00a0<\/span><\/span>severely\u00a0<\/span><\/span>destroyed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>road\u00a0<\/span><\/span>system\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>communications\u00a0<\/span><\/span>network,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>leaving\u00a0<\/span><\/span>some\u00a0<\/span><\/span>3,000\u00a0<\/span><\/span>tourists\u00a0<\/span><\/span>trapped\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>five\u00a0<\/span>days.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Choppers evacuate stranded tourists from North Sikkim for 2nd day<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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GANGTOK: Armed\u00a0troops\u00a0continued\u00a0to\u00a0evacuate\u00a0visitors\u00a0from\u00a0Lachen\u00a0and\u00a0Lachung\u00a0in\u00a0North\u00a0Sikkim\u00a0on\u00a0Tuesday\u00a0as\u00a0the\u00a0weather\u00a0remained\u00a0clear\u00a0for\u00a0a\u00a0second\u00a0day,\u00a0according\u00a0to\u00a0officials. Choppers\u00a0transported\u00a0about\u00a095\u00a0trapped\u00a0individuals\u00a0from\u00a0Lachung\u00a0and\u00a0Lachen. The\u00a0first\u00a0group\u00a0from\u00a0Lachung\u00a0consisted\u00a0of\u00a0two\u00a0Lachung\u00a0village\u00a0residents\u00a0and\u00a017\u00a0tourists. In\u00a0the\u00a0morning,\u00a0the\u00a0choppers\u00a0made\u00a0two\u00a0sorties\u00a0to\u00a0the\u00a0region. People\u00a0from\u00a0Lachung\u00a0were\u00a0transported\u00a0to\u00a0Pakyong\u00a0Airport,\u00a0which\u00a0is\u00a0close\u00a0to\u00a0Gangtok. Three\u00a0helicopter\u00a0sorties\u00a0were\u00a0used\u00a0to\u00a0remove\u00a0the\u00a0first\u00a0group\u00a0of\u00a076\u00a0stranded\u00a0individuals\u00a0from\u00a0Lachen,\u00a0including\u00a0two\u00a0children.They\u00a0were\u00a0taken\u00a0to\u00a0the\u00a0Ringhim\u00a0Helipad\u00a0in\u00a0Mangan. Hem\u00a0Kumar\u00a0Chettri,\u00a0the\u00a0District\u00a0Magistrate\u00a0of\u00a0Mangan,\u00a0reported\u00a0that\u00a0the\u00a0IAF\u00a0has\u00a0dispatched\u00a0three\u00a0helicopters,\u00a0with\u00a0two\u00a0of\u00a0them\u00a0heading\u00a0to\u00a0Lachen\u00a0and\u00a0one\u00a0to\u00a0Lachung. According\u00a0to\u00a0Chettri,\u00a0the\u00a0district\u00a0administration’s\u00a0top\u00a0concern\u00a0at\u00a0the\u00a0moment\u00a0is\u00a0the\u00a0evacuation\u00a0of\u00a0visitors\u00a0and\u00a0sick\u00a0people. According\u00a0to\u00a0officials,\u00a0more\u00a0airlifts\u00a0of\u00a0stranded\u00a0tourists\u00a0from\u00a0Lachung\u00a0and\u00a0Lachen\u00a0towns\u00a0in\u00a0the\u00a0worst-affected\u00a0Mangan\u00a0area\u00a0will\u00a0be\u00a0conducted\u00a0by\u00a0the\u00a0choppers. To\u00a0assist\u00a0the\u00a0tourists\u00a0in\u00a0getting\u00a0to\u00a0Siliguri\u00a0and\u00a0Gangtok,\u00a0they\u00a0said\u00a0that\u00a0the\u00a0state\u00a0government\u00a0had\u00a0set\u00a0up\u00a0SNT\u00a0buses. After\u00a0the\u00a0cloudburst\u00a0in\u00a0Lhonak\u00a0lake\u00a0created\u00a0flash\u00a0floods\u00a0in\u00a0the\u00a0Teesta\u00a0river,\u00a0which\u00a0devastated\u00a0Chungthang\u00a0valley\u00a0and\u00a0flooded\u00a0the\u00a0river\u00a0basin\u00a0area\u00a0in\u00a0four\u00a0districts\u00a0downstream\u00a0on\u00a0October\u00a04,\u00a0around\u00a03,000\u00a0visitors\u00a0from\u00a0various\u00a0parts\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0nation\u00a0became\u00a0stuck\u00a0in\u00a0North\u00a0Sikkim\u00a0cities. Lachen\u00a0and\u00a0Lachung\u00a0were\u00a0evacuated\u00a0of\u00a0more\u00a0than\u00a0360\u00a0tourists\u00a0on\u00a0Monday. The\u00a0DM\u00a0stated\u00a0that\u00a0as\u00a0of\u00a0right\u00a0now,\u00a0more\u00a0than\u00a0700\u00a0individuals\u00a0had\u00a0been\u00a0safely\u00a0transported\u00a0from\u00a0flood-affected\u00a0areas,\u00a0including\u00a0tourists,\u00a0locals,\u00a0and\u00a0labourers\u00a0who\u00a0were\u00a0trapped\u00a0in\u00a0places\u00a0like\u00a0Chungthang\u00a0where\u00a0a\u00a0Bailey\u00a0Bridge\u00a0was\u00a0created\u00a0for\u00a0emergency\u00a0evacuation. 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