Sikkim landslide: Army rescues all stranded tourists, no new permit to be issued to tourists

Sikkim landslide: Army rescues all stranded tourists, no new permit to be issued to tourists

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All 2,464 stranded tourists have been rescued, the North Sikkim District Collector (DC), Hem Kumar Chettri, said on Sunday.

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No new permits will be issued to tourists to visit the picturesque district due to weather-related turbulence, he added.

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The restoration efforts are underway for roads that have been extensively damaged by landslides.

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Chettri stated that on Saturday evening, all 2,464 tourists who had been trapped for three days by torrential downpour had been evacuated.

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