The Sikkim administration issued a red alert on Saturday morning after relentless overnight rainfall in Mangan district caused the Teesta River to swell beyond the danger level, eroding its banks at multiple locations.
Siliguri mayor Goutam Deb on Monday visited Majuha village under Dabgram-I gram panchayat in Jalpaiguri district to oversee the rehabilitation arrangements for 131 families, who were rendered homeless due to massive erosion caused by the Teesta river.
The Siliguri Municipal Corporation (SMC) was compelled to suspend drinking water supply for half a day on Sunday, after the surface water treatment plant was unable to purify excessively muddy water drawn from the Teesta river.
At least, five persons were reportedly killed and several others were injured after a tourist bus lost its balance and fell into the Teesta River near the West Bengal-Sikkim border at Rangpo on the Sikkim side.
The AICC general secretary (communication) Jairam Ramesh has reacted to a significant landslide that has severely damaged the Teesta-V, a 510 MW hydropower station on the Teesta river.
An 80-year-old former minister of Sikkim's inaugural state government, Ram Chandra Poudyal, who was known for his activism, was found dead on an island in the Teesta river in Bangladesh yesterday.
PWD engineers are currently using excavators to construct a route on the right side of the Teesta river at Selfie Danra in Kalimpong district.
Troops of Trishakti Corps Indian Army with the assistance from the Border Road Organisation (BRO) completed the Bailey bridge over Teesta River at Chungthang.
It is jolting enough to witness natural disasters exacerbated by climate change that are becoming more frequent and severe, leaving communities in their path vulnerable and helpless.
Sikkim has been ravaged by the sudden flash flood in Teesta River with connectivity to at least three districts lost after a portion of NH 10 washed away.
