Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang on Sunday distributed a relief of Rs 10,000 each to construction workers to mitigate the hardships faced by them in the wake of the flash flood in the Himalayan state.

At a function held here, he handed over the cash relief assistance to the construction labourers following a two-minute silence held in memory of the victims of the flash flood in Sikkim which claimed 38 lives, while 79 persons are still missing.