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Fifteen more stranded tourists evacuated from Sikkim's Lachung

The district administration had to set up log bridges over the slides to facilitate movement by foot and by vehicles where roads were motorable

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A vehicle moves on a road along the swollen Teesta river after heavy rainfall, in Sikkim/ PTI

A vehicle moves on a road along the swollen Teesta river after heavy rainfall, in Sikkim/ PTI

Fifteen more stranded tourists were evacuated from Lachung and adjoining regions of Sikkim`s landslides-hit Mangan district on Tuesday, officials said.

The district administration along with the Border Roads Organisation (BRO), State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and other volunteers are taking the stranded tourists to safer grounds, officials said.

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