Highlights Landslides have hit Chaten, Lachen, and Lachung in North Sikkim since 29 May 2025. Mangan district remains the ...

Kendrapada: Two survivors of the May 29 accident in Sikkim, Sairaj Jena (17) and Swoyam Supratim Nayak (17), returned to their homes on Thursday in th.

A newly-married couple from Uttar Pradesh's Pratapgarh district, who went to Sikkim for their honeymoon, has gone missing after their vehicle reportedly fell into the Teesta River amid heavy rain ...

A newlywed couple from Uttar Pradesh and seven others went missing after their vehicle fell into the Teesta River in Sikkim amid heavy rain. Search operations are ongoing, but no trace has been found ...

The incident took place on May 29 while they were returning from Lachen to Lachung. A total of nine people, including the couple and their driver, are still untraceable, the officials said.

According to a report by News18, popular tourist destinations such as Lachen and Lachung have been completely cut off due to multiple road closures and infrastructure damage.

A devastating landslide in North Sikkim's Chaten area killed three people and left six security personnel missing. Over 1,200 tourists are stranded in Lachen and Lachung due to rain, landslides ...

19 districts flooded A section of the under-construction Sankalang Bridge in North Sikkim was swept away by the rising water levels in the Teesta River on Sunday, June 1. Due to intense and ...

In a separate incident from the Lachung town in north Sikkim, over 100 tourists who had been stranded since May 30 were rescued and were taken to Phidang in the Lower Dzongu area, PTI reported.

The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) has for now managed to restore access to Lachung. Rising Teesta River eroding land dangerously close to Phidang suspension bridge The situation in Lachen is worse.

On Sunday, the River Teesta swelled dangerously in Chungthang, Mangan District, near the former site of the Teesta Stage 3 dam, which was destroyed during the glacial lake outburst flood in 2023.

Road connectivity to the Lachung area has been restored and evacuation work started. However, a search for at least eight missing tourists has been suspended due to rising water levels in the ...