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Nearly 200 tourists were stranded astatine Chungthang successful North Sikkim aft aggregate landslides, triggered by dense rainfall, disrupted roadworthy connectivity, officials said connected Wednesday (March 25, 2026) morning.
Mangan District Collector Anant Jain said the landslides occurred on the important Chungthang-Lachen way connected Tuesday (March 24, 2026) night, leaving tourists headed for Lachen stuck midway.
Stranded visitors were accommodated overnight astatine an ITBP campy and a gurudwara successful Chungthang, helium said.
Restoration enactment by the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) is underway, officials said, adding that authorities volition reappraisal the concern and whitethorn let question lone aft routes are declared safe, depending connected upwind conditions.
Some tourists person since returned to Gangtok and cancelled their question plans, they said.
Meanwhile, the roadworthy to Lachung, which was besides blocked connected Tuesday (March 24, 2026) night, has been cleared, and tourists from that broadside were safely sent backmost to Gangtok connected Wednesday morning.
Officials said the concern is being monitored intimately arsenic intermittent rainfall persists successful the region.
The Lachen way had lone precocious reopened connected March 9 aft being severely damaged successful the 2023 glacial water outburst flood (GLOF).
Additionally, cardinal tourer destinations specified arsenic Tsomgo Lake and Nathula stay closed owed to dense snowfall implicit the past fewer days.
