A fresh landslide has disrupted rail connectivity in the hills, damaging the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway’s (DHR) toy train tracks near Tindharia a few days after a similar slide had affected National Highway 10 — the lifeline linking Siliguri with Sikkim via Kalimpong.
The legacy of poor maintenance is the strand that binds the DHR to the rapid transit system of the plains.
Three joy ride services in Darjeeling and Ghoom have been unaffected by the rains, it is learnt.
Meanwhile, the Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) is taking precautionary measures to run the Toy Train during the monsoon season. Every year during the monsoon, the train service face disruption due to landslides in the Hills.
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