Gangtok, June 7: Around 600
tourists returning to Gangtok from Chhangu Lake, Baba Mandir and
Nathu-la were left stranded at 5th Mile following a landslide on
Jawaharlal Nehru Marg this evening.
“Around 5pm, when
the tourist vehicles were returning from Chhangu Lake, Baba Mandir and
Nathu-la, slush and the debris blocked the road at 5th Mile (15km from
here) and 112 vehicles were stuck,” said a check post police officer at
2nd Mile, Sabitri Pradhan, over the phone.
Pradhan said the
Border Roads Organisation had started clearing the debris and the
tourists would be brought to Gangtok through transhipment as soon as
possible.
The 56km road connects Gangtok with Nathu-la.
“The tour
operators with whom the tourists had booked vehicles have been
informed. Some of them have reached the spot and are trying to bring
the tourists back to Gangtok,” said Pradhan.
BRO director A.K. Das said workers had been deployed to clear the road.
The Telegraph
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