[ad_1] The guidelines said that in the case of projects that are “vulnerable”, the project authority or developer would be responsible for examining the upper reaches, including the reservoir, identify…
[ad_1] Five days after flash floods struck Sikkim, more than 3,000 people, mostly tourists, remain stranded in Lachen and Lachung towns of the Himalayan state, officials said. “We have managed…
[ad_1] Three Mi-17 helicopters were expected to fly to Sikkim’s flood-hit areas on Friday to evacuate stranded people and to drop relief materials even as low stratus clouds, fog and…
[ad_1] Sikkim Flash Floods Live Updates: The toll in the flash flood in Sikkim mounted to 19 as Army and NDRF teams worked their way through slushy earth and fast…
[ad_1] At least eighteen people, including four army personnel, have died in Sikkim after a cloudburst over Lhonak Lake triggered a flash flood in the Teesta river basin. According to…
[ad_1] In the flood-hit Sikkim, the National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) told the stock exchanges that its power projects, situated in Teesta Basin have been affected. NHPC’s Teesta-V power stations…
[ad_1] The West Bengal government has rescued 10,000 people from flood-affected areas in the state. The northern part of West Bengal shares a border with Sikkim which witnessed a flash…
[ad_1] A report compiled by the Sikkim State Disaster Management Authority (SSDMA) in 2019 notes that in 2013, scientists from the National Remote Sensing Centre in Hyderabad reported that the…
[ad_1] Three generations of 70-year-old Mina Tamang’s family had lived and prospered on the banks of the river, in the commercial town of Singtam in Sikkim, 30 kilometres from the…
[ad_1] Multiple government agencies and scientific expeditions red-flagged the vulnerability of Lhonak Lake in North Sikkim to a glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) for at least a last decade, documents…
