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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Sikkim earthquake: Landslides hamper rescue efforts, toll 40

Sikkim earthquake: Landslides hamper rescue efforts, toll 40

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published Published on Sep 19, 2011   modified Modified on Sep 19, 2011

-The Times of India

 

The death toll in the powerful Sunday earthquake has increased to 40 with 19 people being killed in Sikkim, five in West Bengal, two in Bihar, seven each in Nepal and Tibet even as rescue and relief operations were stepped up in the affected areas.

Over a hundred people have been injured in the 6.8 magnitude tremblor which has caused extensive damage to buildings and roads in Sikkim and several other places.

The casualties have occurred mostly in the North District and in towns and villages like Rangpo, Dikchu, Singtam and Chungthang located along the course of Teesta river, they said.

In Gangtok, power was restored this morning. Residents had spent the night outside their houses fearing aftershocks. At least 20 aftershocks throughout the night had created panic in the city.

Meanwhile, rain and landslides are blocking the massive rescue efforts of hundreds of workers searching for survivors.

According to reports from Union home ministry, there are 16 landslides in a stretch of 10 km in Sikkim. Reports say several important roads in the state have been washed away and the main highway has been blocked.

More than 400 rescue workers of NDRF trying to reach Sikkim's capital Gangtok have been cut off by landslides and cracks in the roads, officials at a police control room in Sikkim said.

712 personnel of ITBP are already engaged in rescue and relief operations in Sikkim.

The Army has deployed a total of 72 columns including infantry troops and combat engineers, four Dhruv and five Cheetah helicopters.

"People are still panicky," Pawan Thapa, a resident of Gangtok, said on phone. "We spent the whole night outside our homes."

He added that shops, businesses and offices were closed in Gangtok and neighbouring areas.

The quake was felt all the way to Delhi as well as in Bangladesh, shaking buildings. At least 10 people were injured and some buildings suffered minor damage.

In West Bengal, the toll rose to five with reports reaching Kolkata saying that two deaths have occurred in Kalimpong area in Darjeeling while one person each was killed in Siliguri and Jalpaiguri areas and one in a tea garden in Doors.

Chinese state-run news agency Xinhua reported that at least seven persons have been killed and 22 others injured in Tibet in the quake which has caused landslides and has disrupted traffic, power and water supplies as well as telecommunication in Yadong County, an area 40 km away from Sikkim.

Three people were killed at Lainchaur in Kathmandu, two in Sunsari district, and one each in Dhankuta and Sankhuwasabha districts in eastern Nepal, according to home ministry sources in the Nepalese capital.

The Times of India, 19 September, 2011, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Sikkim-earthquake-Landslides-hamper-rescue-efforts-toll-40/articleshow/10038344.cms


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