Gangtok, June 5.TT: Around 200 tourists who were stranded in Lachung since Sunday night returned to Gangtok this afternoon and nearly 150 visitors trapped in Lachen have started for the Sikkim capital.
More than 55
vehicles carrying the 350 tourists left for Gangtok after the Border
Roads Organisation cleared the North Sikkim highway at Theeng Bhir
today. The cars are taking a route through Mangan via Lower Dzongu to
reach Singtam.
Nearly 400
tourists were stranded in Lachen-Lachung on Sunday night after multiple
landslides blocked the road. Chungthang police sources said around 50
tourists are still in Lachen and they are likely to leave tomorrow.
4 killed in accident
Four persons, including a retired
army major, were killed when the car they were travelling in was washed
away by a landslide near Kupup, 77km from Gangtok, on Monday evening.
The vehicle that was on its way to Padamchen from Kupup slipped almost 3,000 metre below the road.
Those killed were former army major Jaswant Singh, driver Dilip Chettri, Phurba Tshering Sherpa, and Phurba Tshering Bhutia.
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