Sikkim rain damaged houses

Gangtok, Sikkim: Heavy rain damaged more than 10 houses and triggered a number of mudslides in East district yesterday, in a repeat of Saturday’s storm and fury.

The downpour snapped power and water lines, a few hours after they were restored.

In Kopibari, below Deorali, a suburb of Gangtok, a number of houses were damaged when the water supply lines of the army broke down causing landslides. The slush and debris from the steep incline rushed down to the village, hitting around 10 houses. Two persons were injured. The affected families have shifted to safer locations.

Similarly, in Tathangchen above Gangtok, a family has been asked by the district authorities to evacuate their house as the building has sustained damage making it unsafe for living.

Another building — a house owned by Pratap Tiwari, the additional secretary of the buildings and housing department — located on Indira Bypass was evacuated after a landslide left it perched atop a hill dangerously.

Damage to four more houses has been reported from Dikchu in East Sikkim, 40 km from here.

At Burtuk, along the bypass, debris and boulders washed down by the jhoras have blocked Indira Bypass. Repair work is still on.

Source: The Telegraph