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Planning Sikkim Trip This Monsoon? Tourist Passes Suspended, What Travellers Must Know
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Floods and landslides in Sikkim have stranded over 100 tourists in Lachen. Tourist passes are suspended. An NDRF helicopter has been deployed. PM Modi assured support.
As flood situation remains grim in Sikkim, the administration has suspended tourists passes temporarily on Tuesday. Further, Lachen and Lachung have been cut off from the rest of the regions due to multiple landslides in North Sikkim, a notification released by the Sikkim tourism department read.
As North Sikkim grapples with heavy rains, flood and landslides, over a hundred tourists were stranded in Lachen on Tuesday morning. Roads leading to Lachen were closed after a landslide struck the Chhorten army camp in the town. This comes as pre-monsoon rains wreak havoc across North Sikkim.
To tackle the disaster, a V5 helicopter, carrying a team of 23 specially trained NDRF personnel, from Delhi landed at Sikkim's Pakyong Airport today. These experts, equipped with satellite phones and essential gear, will work in coordination with the local administration to manage the crisis.
Meanwhile, authorities were considering alternative ways to rescue the stranded tourists. The special team will assess all possible options.
Sikkim is facing a flood situation due to extreme rise in water level in Teesta river due to a cloudburst incident in northern part of the state. On the intervening night of May 30-31, the river water level rose by 30-40 feet.
The ongoing crisis has still kept North Sikkim out of communication.
First Published:
June 03, 2025, 19:59 IST
