As part of the ongoing relief and rescue operations in the landslide-hit Chetan, a total of 1300 kg of relief material was airlifted to the North Sikkim area on Saturday morning, an official statement from the Sikkim Government stated.

According to the statement, the first helicopter sortie of the day took off from Pakyong Greenfield Airport, carrying essential supplies and five officials from the Food and Civil Supplies Department.

"Marking an important step in the ongoing relief efforts, in the first sortie of the day, IAF's MI-17 helicopter departed from Pakyong Greenfield Airport, transporting essential supplies to Chaten," the Information and Public Relations Department of Sikkim said.