After the flash flood in the Teesta on October 4 last year, connectivity between parts of north Sikkim in Mangan district of the Himalayan state and the Indian mainland snapped as over a dozen bridges on the river were swept away in the district
The Met department said rain or snowfall may occur at one or two places in Darjeeling district nestled in the eastern Himalayas in its forecast from December 31 to January 3 morning
With tourists flocking to Darjeeling and Kalimpong during the year-end break, snowfall on New Year will prove to be the true icing on the cake | Travel
On November 20, the state tourism and civil aviation department of Sikkim came up with an advisory, citing that all other parts of the state, barring some destinations in extreme north which in Mangan district which were badly floot-hit, were now ready to welcome tourists