Indian Army and Border Roads Organization completed construction of Bailey bridge over Teesta River in North Sikkim after it was washed away in a flood. | Latest News India
Nearly a month and a half after the devastating flash flood in Sikkim, which killed at least 80 people and washed away roads and bridges, connectivity has finally been fully restored to one of the worst-hit towns in North Sikkim.
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Dimapur, May 28 (EMN): A 14-member media team comprising of officials from DIPR, and journalists from Nagaland private media houses, who had undertaken a week-long media exposure tour to Sikkim from May 20, returned to Dimapur on May 27. The trip has enriched the media team on Sikkim’s tourism sector and the state’s organic farming system. During the exposure visit, the team visited Gangtok and North Sikkim and witnessed their system of working, experienced their culture, visited different tourist destinations including Zero Point, which lies in the northern region of Sikkim (15 km from Lachung Valley), standing at an altitude of 15,300 feet above sea level, an update from DIPR informed. At Gangtok, the team visited Nathu La, a mountain pass in the Himalayan peaks that co-joins Sikkim and China. Situated on the Indo-Tibetan border 14450 ft. above sea level, Nathu La is one of the three open trading border posts between India and China and is famous for its picturesque beauty an