Jun 13, 2024 -
Conditions right now -
Heavy to extremely heavy rainfall triggering back to back deadly landslide activities across Southern parts of Sikkim. An active trough along the foothills of Eastern Himalaya along with the embedded circulation over Sub Himalayan West Bengal & with the support of continuous fresh Southerlies from Bay of Bengal decent convective firing occurring each day over Sub Himalayan West Bengal & Sikkim. This heavy rainfall activity caused back to back landslide killing 4 people in the last 4 days. The 1st landslide occurred on Jun 10th in the Western Sikkim. On the morning hours of Monday that landslide occurred over Majua village of Namchi killing 2 people instant while another women died later from it. 3 days after of that incident another landslide event occurred today near Mangan of Northern sikkim followed by an astonishing amount of extremely heavy rainfall there, clocking 220.1 mm. The massive landslide killed 1 person while 5 went missing. The landslide damaged several houses & roads there while sweeping away the electricity poles disrupting the transport & communication services, separating the damaged area. This accompanied with the continuous rainfall activities making the condition further worse by not giving the opportunity to revive the damage condition & relief workers to find who are missing or injured. It affected the Mobile network of the Northern Sikkim too as a request to send an SDRF team to send ration at Mangan failed. The body of the dead person found in the Parkshep area of Mangan with 2 others missing from the same area, while 3 others went missing from Ambithang near Rangrang. Three house were also damage at Geythang while several other houses were damaged and road blocks at Nampthang near Pentok as per the official source.
A house damaged due to landslides triggered by incessant rainfall, in North Sikkim, Thursday, June 13, 2024.
Damage -
Severe damage occurred at Sankalan on the Western Sikkim from the previous landslide where landslide shifted a police outpost to nearby location along with damaging the nearby bridge there.
Damage over Sikkim due to the landslide caused one way traffic over the National Highway 10, the main lifeline of Sikkim to remain connect with the outer world.
Forecast -
According to the weather conditions currently there there's no chance of decrease in rainfall activities rather the activities expected to increase in the upcoming days with threat concentrating over the Western Sikkim more. The Kanchenjunga range could even see large Avalanches due to this while remote area could see mudslide, lake outbursts deteriorating the conditions further.
The district magistrate of Mangan district Hem Kumar Chettri convened an urgent meeting with all the heads of various department to draw out a plan & overcome the situation
Relief Works -
An earthmover has been deployed near Mangshila college, south of Mangan to clear the debris from the National Highway from the landslide.
The chief minister of Sikkim Prem Singh Tamang made a contact with the north district administration, police & officials of the other departments to ensure a swift & fast response to the devastation. Efforts are underway to provide every possible support to the victims, affected families including recovery assistant, temporary settlement & basic needs in the order of the CM of Sikkim. "The state government stands firmly with the victims of this unfortunate incident, pledging the utmost support to the bereaved families and all those affected and displaced by the landslides," he said.
Its advised to everyone don't go near riverside & be extra careful if anyone live nearby a steep gradient slope & heavy rain occurred there on that day or in the past several dayse, this conditions triggers landslide. Also stay connected with radio or mobile networks as much as possible as those could become lifesaver during emergency.
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