Nearly 200 tourists stranded in North Sikkim Due To Land Slides

Nearly 200 tourists were stranded at Chungthang in North Sikkim after multiple landslides, triggered by heavy rainfall, disrupted road connectivity, officials said on Wednesday morning.

Mangan District Collector Anant Jain said the landslides occurred along the crucial Chungthang-Lachen route on Tuesday night, leaving tourists headed for Lachen stuck midway.

Stranded visitors were



accommodated overnight at an ITBP camp and a gurudwara in Chungthang, he said.

Restoration work by the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) is underway, officials said, adding that authorities will review the situation and may allow travel only after routes are declared safe, depending on weather conditions.

Some tourists have since returned to Gangtok and cancelled their travel plans, they said.