Sikkim sees record tourist footfall, CM urges people not to travel amid landslides
India | October 21, 2021 21:33 ISTThe government took several measures to encourage tourism this festive season to make up for the financial hit it took last year.
The government took several measures to encourage tourism this festive season to make up for the financial hit it took last year.
Normal life in parts of the tea growing north Bengal was also affected on Wednesday as torrential showers in Darjeeling, Kalimpong and Jalpaiguri districts triggered landslides causing damages to roads and bridges, halting or constricting traffic in various places, officials said.
The flooding and landslide that started earlier this week have left hundreds displaced and damaged crops and properties worth millions.
Idukki district authorities said the Navy, NDRF, Fire force personnel and others have been engaged in rescue operations at Kokkayar and other regions of the district.
At present, due to waterlogging, landslides, accidents triggered by incessant rainfall are causing accidents at various places.
The debris from the overnight landslide has covered almost 70 m stretch and it will take some time to clear the road for one-way traffic.
The kin of the victims is given Rs 5 lakh, including Rs 4 lakh from the State Disaster Management Fund and Rs 1 lakh from the Chief Minister's Fund.
Around 10 houses were damaged in Melli Bazaar along with a secondary school, a State Bank of Sikkim branch and a road that connects NH-10 with Melli Bazaar on the Sikkim side.
Heavy rainfall has hit several parts of the India in recent weeks, with floods and landslides in maharashtra and other states caused deaths of many. watch ground report.
Sudesh Kumar Mokhta, Director-cum Special Secretary (Revenue-Disaster Management), Himachal Pradesh, said that 28 roads are closed including the Batseri and Chhitkul area.
Several parts of Maharashtra including Mumbai have been witnessing heavy rains for the last few days, trigger landslides. Raigad, Ratnagiri and Satara are the worst affected.
At least nine tourists, belonging to Delhi-NCR, were killed and three others suffered serious injuries in a landslide in Himachal Pradesh's Kinnaur district on Sunday. On their way from Sangla to Chitkul, a popular tourist spot some 250 km from the state capital, the tourists were struck by heavy boulders, killing nine on the spot.
The death toll in various rain-related incidents, including floods and landslides, in Maharashtra rose to 149 on Sunday with 36 more bodies being found in Satara and Raigad districts as rescue operations gathered pace, while 64 people remain missing, the state government said. So far, 50 people have been injured in these incidents, it said in a statement.
The death toll in various rain-related incidents, including floods and landslides, in Maharashtra rose to 149 on Sunday with 36 more bodies being found in Satara and Raigad districts as rescue operations gathered pace, while 64 people remain missing, the state government said.
Over the last three days, the Pune and Konkan divisions in Maharashtra have witnessed torrential rains that triggered landslides and floods in some areas. The toll from rain-related incidents in the state has risen. To rescue stranded, two teams of National Disaster Response Force were deployed while coast guard was also instructed for a helicopter to airlift people in need.
PM Modi announced an ex gratia of Rs 2 lakh each for the next of the kin of the deceased and Rs 50,000 to the injured from the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund.
Heavy boulders fell on a tempo traveller carrying 11 people and of them, eight were killed and three were injured in Kinnaur.
The death toll from the torrential rains that battered Maharashtra's Pune and Konkan divisions over the last three days and triggered landslides in some areas rose to 112 on Saturday, including 52 in the coastal Raigad district alone, the state government said in a release. As many as 1,35,313 people have been shifted to safer places including 78,111 in Western Maharashtra's Sangli district followed by 40,882 in Kolhapur district.
The fatality count in rain-related incidents in Raigad district of Maharashtra reached 47 on Saturday, including 37 in the landslide at Taliye village, the state disaster management department said.
Rescue teams are finding it difficult to reach the affected areas. India TV reporters have reached Ratnagiri, Raigad and Satara to report on the devastation caused due to nature’s fury.
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