GANGTOK, June 18, 2024 (TBINN)
More than 200 tourists have been evacuated while around 1,000 are still stranded in Lachung in Sikkim’s landslide-hit Mangan District, a senior police officer said today.
Tourists were evacuated via Chungthang and taken to Mangan Town from where the vehicles have been arranged by the Transport Department to take them to Gangtok, Superintendent of Police, Sonam Detchu Bhutia informed.
Around 150 stranded tourists were evacuated today while 64 were evacuated on Monday from North Sikkim’s Lachung and moved to Mangan Town, officials said.
Add Comment