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June 28, 2024 9:03 PM

Road damage assessed in Sikkim; Plans being developed to restore road connectivity to Dzongu, Lachen, Lachung

Major General Praveen Badrinath, Chief Engineer from Headquarters Eastern Command in Kolkata, along with Brigadier Manoj Gupta, Chief Engineer of Project Swastik of the Border Roads Organisation (BRO), visited the disaster-affected areas in Sikkim to assess the damage to road infrastructure. They are developing plans to restore road connectivity to Dzongu Region, Lachen, and Lachung, while also exploring permanent solutions for all-weather connectivity to North Sikkim. The Command Chi...

June 14, 2024 2:13 PM

Around 2,000 tourists are stranded as landslides and rain wreak havoc in Sikkim

In the past 60 hours, relentless rainfall in North Sikkim has caused significant havoc, with the surging water levels of the Teesta River leading to the collapse of both an old suspension bridge and a newly constructed Bailey bridge at Sanklang. This has stranded approximately 2,000 tourists, cutting off the crucial connection to the Dzongu region of North Sikkim. District Magistrate Hem Kumar Chettri held a meeting yesterday to assess the damage from the rains, which have caused six fatalities�...

June 14, 2024 12:25 PM

Sikkim CM Prem Singh Tamang announces his resignation from Soreng-Chakung constituency

Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang has announced his resignation from the Soreng-Chakung constituency as per the Conduct of Election Rules. This decision follows his victory in two constituencies during the recent elections, necessitating compliance with electoral regulations within 14 days of the results declaration. His party, Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM), won 31 of the 32 Assembly seats in the polls, which took place simultaneously with the Lok Sabha elections. Tamang won from both ...

June 13, 2024 9:08 PM

Sikkim: Portfolios allocated to new council of ministers led by Prem Singh Tamang

In Sikkim, portfolios have been allocated for the new council of ministers led by Prem Singh Tamang. Chief Minister Tamang has kept with him the portfolios of Home, Finance, Planning and Development, Personnel, Power, Excise, Land Revenue and Disaster Management, Transport, Information and Public Relations, Information Technology and Skill Development. For the cabinet ministers, Sonam Lama has been given the departments of Public Health Engineering and Water Resources. Rural Developme...

October 2, 2023 7:13 PM

Heavy rainfall predicted over Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha, Sikkim

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has said, heavy to very heavy rainfall is very likely to continue over Bihar, Jharkhand, Sub Himalaya West Bengal and Sikkim, north Odisha, north Chhattisgarh during the next two to three days. In its latest bulletin, the weather agency said that a low-pressure area lies over southwest Jharkhand and adjoining north Chhattisgarh. Madhya Maharashtra and Marathwada region will also witness light to moderate rainfall including thunderstorms...

August 10, 2023 6:13 PM

IMD predicts heavy rainfall over Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Sikkim, and Arunachal Pradesh during next 4 to 5 days

India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted that heavy to very heavy rainfall will continue over Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Sikkim, and Arunachal Pradesh during next 4 to 5 days. Heavy rainfall is also likely over Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana during next four days. The weather office also forecast that heavy to very heavy rainfall activity is also likely over Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, and Tripura during next four days. It has also forecast t...

July 13, 2023 8:59 PM

IMD predicts heavy to extremely heavy rainfall over Sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Sikkim, and Meghalaya till tomorrow

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted heavy to extremely heavy rainfall over Sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Sikkim and Meghalaya till tomorrow. It also forecasts very heavy to extremely heavy rainfall over Uttarakhand during the next five days. Heavy rainfall is also likely over Himachal Pradesh during the next five days. The weather office forecast heavy to very heavy rainfall over Uttar Pradesh during the next two days. It has predicted, heavy to very heavy rainfall ov...