The Indian Army continued its assistance for the stranded tourists
at Lachung in Sikkim by providing medical care, food and communication, days
after a deluge caused by a glacial lake outburst gripped the region.
The Trishakti Corps of the Indian Army continued assistance to more
than 1,700 stranded tourists including 63 foreign nationals and locals.
“Trishakti Corps in its continued assistance to more than 1,700
stranded tourists, including 63 foreign nationals and locals at Lachung,
provides medical care, food and communication. The weather continues to be
inclement. Aviators of the Indian Army carried out emergency sorties,” the
Trishakti Corps posted on X.
Earlier in the day, Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Ajay
Kumar Mishra visited the flood-affected areas and met with the flood victims at
a relief camp in Sikkim’s Mangan.
MoS Mishra said a team of six ministries has been constituted to
build the infrastructure once again in the disaster-hit state.
“It is a very big tragedy. It is really a big crisis, there’s a
huge loss, people are missing, and many casualties happened too. There’s a huge
loss in road connectivity. PM Modi talked to the CM on how to make things go
back to normal,” MoS Mishra said after visiting the affected areas.
He further said, “We are continuously trying to rescue people who
are missing. Home Minister Amit Shah has made a team of six ministries including
agriculture, road & transport, energy, water, finance and home ministry is
leading it to build the infrastructure once again.”
As per the Sikkim State Disaster Management Authority (SSDMA)
report of October 8, the death toll was registered at 33 with 105 people still
reported missing. It said 2,563 people have been rescued, and 1,634 houses have
been damaged in the flash flood.
The Lhonak glacier in the Sikkim Himalayas burst on October 3,
breaching one side of the lake leading to the rise in the water levels in
Teesta and inundating several areas of the State.
ANI
