Rains LIVE: At least 23 killed in worst Darjeeling landslides in a decade

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Updated - October 06, 2025 09:40 americium IST

Rescue cognition underway aft landslides deed the country pursuing dense rainfall, successful Darjeeling, connected October 5, 2025 | Photo Credit: NDRF

At slightest 23 people, including children, were killed arsenic relentless rainfall triggered 1 of the worst landslides successful a decennary successful Darjeeling hills and adjoining areas connected Sunday, sweeping distant homes, cutting disconnected roads, isolating villages, and leaving hundreds of stranded tourists amid wide devastation, officials said.

According to reports compiled by the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and the West Bengal’s Darjeeling and Jalpaiguri territory administrations, fatalities were reported from respective locations - Sarsaly, Jasbirgaon, Mirik Basti, Dhar Gaon (Mechi), Mirik Lake country and the Nagrakata country successful Jalpaiguri district.

As the concern worsened, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee held a high-level gathering astatine the State secretariat Nabanna, opened a 24x7 power room, and said she would sojourn North Bengal connected Monday (October 6) to measure the situation.

The landslides, described by officials arsenic the worst since the 2015 landslide, which killed astir 40 radical successful Darjeeling, person near down a way of devastation.

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October 06, 2025 09:40
Wooden span collapses successful Alipurdar’s Jaldapara Forest, tourists rescued by elephants
Amid dense rainfall successful the state, a woody span located successful Alipurduar’s Jaldapara Forest Tourist Lodge collapsed, causing difficulties for tourists.
Ravikant Jha, Jaldapara Forest Assistant Wildlife Warden, said that trained Kumki elephants rescued the tourists.
“Our elephants person brought 2-4 tourists crossed the stream due to the fact that the span adjacent the lodge broke owed to the rain, truthful nary 1 tin travel by road. For the tourists who privation to come, we are bringing them present by elephant, 5-6 more, and we volition effort to bring those who privation to travel here...” Mr. Jha told ANI.
October 06, 2025 09:39
At slightest 23 dormant aft dense rainfall triggers landslides successful Darjeeling; CM Mamata to sojourn today
At slightest 23 persons, including children and women, died aft torrential rainfall lashed Darjeeling territory and different bluish parts of West Bengal connected Saturday nighttime and Sunday (October 5) morning. They died successful landslides triggered by the rainfall astatine assorted places successful Mirik and Darjeeling sub-divisions.
Officials of the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA), the determination autonomous assemblage that administers Darjeeling hills, said that 11 radical person died successful Mirik and 12 deaths were reported successful Darjeeling.
Road connectivity to Mirik and Darjeeling was severely affected. On Saturday (October 4) night, a portion of the Dudiya robust span implicit the Balasan stream collapsed, cutting disconnected connection betwixt Siliguri and Mirik. Several roads connecting Darjeeling hills to Siliguri successful the plains were besides severely affected.
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At slightest 23 dormant aft dense rainfall triggers landslides successful Darjeeling; CM Mamata to sojourn connected October 6
Multiple feared dormant successful Mirik landslips owed to dense rain, with rescue operations underway successful Darjeeling district.