Senior officials of PWD who had visited the highway after the disaster said the damage occurred mostly along a 20-kilometre-long stretch between Kalijhora to Teesta Bazar, in places like Geilkhola, 29th Mile, Likhuvir and Teesta Bazar
The River Teesta, which originates from a glacial lake Khangchung Chho at an elevation of 5,280m in northeastern Sikkim, passes through Sikkim and four districts of West Bengal before entering Bangladesh
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