{"id":4124,"date":"2023-10-18T06:39:10","date_gmt":"2023-10-18T06:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/?p=4124"},"modified":"2023-10-18T06:39:10","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T06:39:10","slug":"death-toll-rises-to-40-in-sikkim-floods-76-still-missing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/death-toll-rises-to-40-in-sikkim-floods-76-still-missing\/","title":{"rendered":"Death toll rises to 40 in Sikkim floods, 76 still missing"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW DELHI: According\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>a\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Tuesday\u00a0<\/span><\/span>government\u00a0<\/span><\/span>announcement,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>dead\u00a0<\/span><\/span>toll\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Sikkim\u00a0<\/span><\/span>flash\u00a0<\/span>floods\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/a>rose\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>40,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>76\u00a0<\/span>people\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span>still\u00a0<\/span>missing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>disaster-stricken\u00a0<\/span><\/span>state.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Sikkim<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>State\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Disaster\u00a0<\/span>Management\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Authority\u00a0<\/span><\/span>reports\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>4418\u00a0<\/span><\/span>persons\u00a0<\/span><\/span>have\u00a0<\/span><\/span>so\u00a0<\/span>far\u00a0<\/span><\/span>been\u00a0<\/span><\/span>evacuated\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span>each\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>four\u00a0<\/span><\/span>affected\u00a0<\/span><\/span>districts.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>“A\u00a0<\/span><\/span>total\u00a0<\/span>number\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>people\u00a0<\/span>were\u00a0<\/span><\/span>evacuated\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Mangan\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(2705)\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Gangtok\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(1025),\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Pakyong\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(58)\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Namchi\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(630)\u00a0<\/span><\/span>however\u00a0<\/span><\/span>there\u00a0<\/span>are\u00a0<\/span><\/span>40\u00a0<\/span><\/span>casualties,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>with\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Pakyong\u00a0<\/span><\/span>facing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>most\u00a0<\/span><\/span>deaths\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(15),”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>according\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>an\u00a0<\/span><\/span>official\u00a0<\/span><\/span>statement.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>According\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>SSDMA,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>1852\u00a0<\/span><\/span>persons\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span>being\u00a0<\/span><\/span>housed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>19\u00a0<\/span><\/span>relief\u00a0<\/span>camps\u00a0<\/span><\/span>spread\u00a0<\/span><\/span>over\u00a0<\/span>four\u00a0<\/span><\/span>districts\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>state.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Prior\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Glacial\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Lake\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Outburst\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Flood\u00a0<\/span><\/span>across\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Teesta\u00a0<\/span>River\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Basin\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Gangtok,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Sikkim\u00a0<\/span><\/span>government\u00a0<\/span><\/span>announced\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Rs\u00a0<\/span>10,000\u00a0<\/span><\/span>each\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>labourers\u00a0<\/span><\/span>enrolled\u00a0<\/span><\/span>under\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>building\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>other\u00a0<\/span><\/span>construction\u00a0<\/span>workers\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(BOCW)\u00a0<\/span><\/span>welfare\u00a0<\/span><\/span>board\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Sunday.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>At\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>awareness\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>distribution\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>distress\u00a0<\/span><\/span>relief\u00a0<\/span>aid\u00a0<\/span><\/span>ceremony\u00a0<\/span><\/span>held\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Chintan\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Bhawan\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Gangtok,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Chief\u00a0<\/span>Minister\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Prem\u00a0<\/span>Singh\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Golay\u00a0<\/span><\/span>presented\u00a0<\/span><\/span>checks\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>around\u00a0<\/span><\/span>8,733\u00a0<\/span><\/span>labourers\u00a0<\/span><\/span>impacted\u00a0<\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>South\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Lhonak\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Lake\u00a0<\/span><\/span>GLOF.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Trishakti\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Corps\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Indian\u00a0<\/span>Army\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>still\u00a0<\/span>providing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>aid\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>region.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Sappers\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span>still\u00a0<\/span><\/span>rebuilding\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>re-connecting\u00a0<\/span><\/span>places\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>were\u00a0<\/span>cut\u00a0<\/span><\/span>off\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Glacial\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Lake\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Outburst\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Flood,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>according\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Trishakti\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Corps.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Sappers\u00a0<\/span><\/span>built\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>foot\u00a0<\/span><\/span>suspension\u00a0<\/span>bridge\u00a0<\/span><\/span>over\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Mighty\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Teesta\u00a0<\/span><\/span>river\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>North\u00a0<\/span><\/span>while\u00a0<\/span><\/span>working\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>unfavourable\u00a0<\/span><\/span>weather.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>From\u00a0<\/span><\/span>October\u00a0<\/span>7\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>October\u00a0<\/span>13,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Trishakti\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Corps\u00a0<\/span><\/span>soldiers\u00a0<\/span><\/span>also\u00a0<\/span>carried\u00a0<\/span><\/span>out\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>rescue\u00a0<\/span><\/span>operation\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>North\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Sikkim.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>army\u00a0<\/span><\/span>managed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>get\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>residents\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>North\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Sikkim\u00a0<\/span><\/span>village\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Rabom\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>navigating\u00a0<\/span><\/span>dangerous\u00a0<\/span><\/span>terrain.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>People\u00a0<\/span>who\u00a0<\/span><\/span>were\u00a0<\/span>stranded\u00a0<\/span><\/span>received\u00a0<\/span><\/span>food\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>medical\u00a0<\/span>care\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>army.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Trishakti\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Corps\u00a0<\/span><\/span>personnel\u00a0<\/span><\/span>managed\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>construct\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>rescue\u00a0<\/span><\/span>route\u00a0<\/span><\/span>despite\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>bad\u00a0<\/span>weather,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>rescuing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>97\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Kundan\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Hydro\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Power\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Project\u00a0<\/span><\/span>employees\u00a0<\/span><\/span>as\u00a0<\/span>well\u00a0<\/span>as\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>number\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>residents\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Rabom\u00a0<\/span><\/span>village.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>Army\u00a0<\/span><\/span>also\u00a0<\/span>built\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>helipad\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>village\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>improve\u00a0<\/span><\/span>access\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>troops.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>On\u00a0<\/span><\/span>October\u00a0<\/span>3,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Lhonak\u00a0<\/span><\/span>glacier\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Sikkim\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Himalayas\u00a0<\/span><\/span>ruptured,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>shattering\u00a0<\/span><\/span>one\u00a0<\/span>side\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>lake\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>raising\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>water\u00a0<\/span><\/span>levels\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Teesta\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>numerous\u00a0<\/span><\/span>other\u00a0<\/span>areas\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>state,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>leaving\u00a0<\/span><\/span>thousands\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>visitors\u00a0<\/span><\/span>trapped\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>leaving\u00a0<\/span><\/span>scores\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>people\u00a0<\/span><\/span>dead.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span><\/span>recent\u00a0<\/span><\/span>flash\u00a0<\/span>floods\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>damaged\u00a0<\/span><\/span>footbridges,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>roads,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>other\u00a0<\/span><\/span>infrastructure\u00a0<\/span><\/span>severely\u00a0<\/span>disrupted\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Sikkim’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>daily\u00a0<\/span>life.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Death toll rises to 40 in Sikkim floods, 76 still missing<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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NEW DELHI: According\u00a0to\u00a0a\u00a0Tuesday\u00a0government\u00a0announcement,\u00a0the\u00a0dead\u00a0toll\u00a0from\u00a0the\u00a0Sikkim\u00a0flash\u00a0floods\u00a0rose\u00a0to\u00a040,\u00a0and\u00a076\u00a0people\u00a0are\u00a0still\u00a0missing\u00a0in\u00a0the\u00a0disaster-stricken\u00a0state. The\u00a0Sikkim\u00a0State\u00a0Disaster\u00a0Management\u00a0Authority\u00a0reports\u00a0that\u00a04418\u00a0persons\u00a0have\u00a0so\u00a0far\u00a0been\u00a0evacuated\u00a0from\u00a0each\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0four\u00a0affected\u00a0districts. “A\u00a0total\u00a0number\u00a0of\u00a0people\u00a0were\u00a0evacuated\u00a0in\u00a0Mangan\u00a0(2705)\u00a0Gangtok\u00a0(1025),\u00a0Pakyong\u00a0(58)\u00a0Namchi\u00a0(630)\u00a0however\u00a0there\u00a0are\u00a040\u00a0casualties,\u00a0with\u00a0Pakyong\u00a0facing\u00a0the\u00a0most\u00a0deaths\u00a0(15),”\u00a0according\u00a0to\u00a0an\u00a0official\u00a0statement. According\u00a0to\u00a0SSDMA,\u00a01852\u00a0persons\u00a0are\u00a0being\u00a0housed\u00a0in\u00a019\u00a0relief\u00a0camps\u00a0spread\u00a0over\u00a0four\u00a0districts\u00a0in\u00a0the\u00a0state. Prior\u00a0to\u00a0the\u00a0Glacial\u00a0Lake\u00a0Outburst\u00a0Flood\u00a0across\u00a0the\u00a0Teesta\u00a0River\u00a0Basin\u00a0in\u00a0Gangtok,\u00a0the\u00a0Sikkim\u00a0government\u00a0announced\u00a0Rs\u00a010,000\u00a0each\u00a0for\u00a0labourers\u00a0enrolled\u00a0under\u00a0the\u00a0building\u00a0and\u00a0other\u00a0construction\u00a0workers\u00a0(BOCW)\u00a0welfare\u00a0board\u00a0on\u00a0Sunday. At\u00a0the\u00a0awareness\u00a0and\u00a0distribution\u00a0of\u00a0distress\u00a0relief\u00a0aid\u00a0ceremony\u00a0held\u00a0in\u00a0Chintan\u00a0Bhawan\u00a0in\u00a0Gangtok,\u00a0Chief\u00a0Minister\u00a0Prem\u00a0Singh\u00a0Golay\u00a0presented\u00a0checks\u00a0to\u00a0around\u00a08,733\u00a0labourers\u00a0impacted\u00a0by\u00a0the\u00a0South\u00a0Lhonak\u00a0Lake\u00a0GLOF. The\u00a0Trishakti\u00a0Corps\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0Indian\u00a0Army\u00a0is\u00a0still\u00a0providing\u00a0aid\u00a0in\u00a0the\u00a0region. The\u00a0Sappers\u00a0are\u00a0still\u00a0rebuilding\u00a0and\u00a0re-connecting\u00a0places\u00a0that\u00a0were\u00a0cut\u00a0off\u00a0from\u00a0the\u00a0Glacial\u00a0Lake\u00a0Outburst\u00a0Flood,\u00a0according\u00a0to\u00a0the\u00a0Trishakti\u00a0Corps. The\u00a0Sappers\u00a0built\u00a0a\u00a0foot\u00a0suspension\u00a0bridge\u00a0over\u00a0the\u00a0Mighty\u00a0Teesta\u00a0river\u00a0in\u00a0North\u00a0while\u00a0working\u00a0in\u00a0unfavourable\u00a0weather. From\u00a0October\u00a07\u00a0to\u00a0October\u00a013,\u00a0Trishakti\u00a0Corps\u00a0soldiers\u00a0also\u00a0carried\u00a0out\u00a0a\u00a0rescue\u00a0operation\u00a0in\u00a0North\u00a0Sikkim. The\u00a0army\u00a0managed\u00a0to\u00a0get\u00a0to\u00a0the\u00a0residents\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0North\u00a0Sikkim\u00a0village\u00a0of\u00a0Rabom\u00a0by\u00a0navigating\u00a0dangerous\u00a0terrain. People\u00a0who\u00a0were\u00a0stranded\u00a0received\u00a0food\u00a0and\u00a0medical\u00a0care\u00a0from\u00a0the\u00a0army. The\u00a0Trishakti\u00a0Corps\u00a0personnel\u00a0managed\u00a0to\u00a0construct\u00a0a\u00a0rescue\u00a0route\u00a0despite\u00a0the\u00a0bad\u00a0weather,\u00a0rescuing\u00a097\u00a0Kundan\u00a0Hydro\u00a0Power\u00a0Project\u00a0employees\u00a0as\u00a0well\u00a0as\u00a0a\u00a0number\u00a0of\u00a0residents\u00a0of\u00a0Rabom\u00a0village. 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