Indian Army launches mission to restore North Sikkim's connectivity

Troops of the Trishakti Corps Indian Army have started an operation as part of their massive efforts to reestablish surface travel connectivity in North SikkimThe region suffered significant disruptions due to the recent flash floods that inflicted damage on footbridges roads and other infrastructureThe Trishakti Troops are also getting support from the Border Roads Organisation BRO the IndoTibetan Border Police ITBP and locals of the affected areas in their efforts to reconnect isolated villages in the regionIn an effort to reconnect North Sikkim troops of Trishakti Corps Indian Army along with BRO ITBP amp locals of the area are undertaking extensive operations to restore connectivity New footbridges are being laid and restoration work is underway to reconnect Sikkim Trishakti Corps said in a post on XThe focus of the operations is towards restoring connectivity to North Sikkim through Chungthang which was the worst affected during the devastating flood that occurred after the landslides the Indian Army said earlierTroops of the Indian Army undertook a challenging operation through difficult terrain and have reached the isolated village of Rabom North West of Chungthang and rescue of 150200 civilians are underwayOver the last five days multipronged efforts have been launchedThese include ensuring the sustenance of all places cut off by troops present there reaching out to places cut off and where troops are not present restoration of communication and connectivity to the cutoff places for immediate use damage assessment and planning for longterm reconstruction workImmediately the account has been taken of all tourists and locals in the areas of Chaten Lachen Lachung and Thangu in North Sikkim A list of 2000 tourists including 63 foreign nationals has been compiled and assistance is being provided in terms of food medical aid accommodation and telephone connectivityA helpline was established through which relatives of all the tourists are informed about the wellbeing of the touristsThis effort will continue till they are evacuated With the improvement in the weather air evacuation of tourists has started on October 9 Another action being undertaken by the Indian Army is to reconnect the villages that have been cut off the Army saidTowards that end a log bridge over Lachen Chu connecting Chungthang to Pegong has been completed by troops of the Indian Army along with ITBP and locals it addedMeanwhile the Indian Army and BRO with the assistance of ITBP troops launched a footbridge from Chungthangs sideSpecial teams were launched on October 7 to open the route to Chaten via RabomThe teams launched from Chaten and Chungthang side moved over difficult terrain under inclement weather and reached Rabom village on the night of October 8 A foot linkup has thus been established and assistance is being provided to the 150200 civilians stranded in the areaSimultaneously an assessment of the damage and plans for restoring road communication in the entire state has been completed by DG BRO and Senior Engineer officials of the Indian Army A number of meetings with the State Government and all agencies have been held and ground reconnaissance has been carried out by the team in some of which even the Chief Minister of Sikkim PS Tamang was present The CM has assured of all assistance in terms of availability of land forest clearance etc for the reconstruction workTo ensure the sustenance of the people at Chungthang rations have been provided to the Gurudwara at Chungthang Medical aid is being provided at all locations and so far more than 1500 patients have been treated by the Trishakti HealersThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever