Update on Sikkim Earthquake

Update on Earthquake at 9:00 P.M. on 19.09.2011


• NH 55 from Bagdogra to Darjeeling has now been restored.

• Highway from Gangtok to Nathu La is expected to be cleared by 6 PM tomorrow.

• 10 doctors have been airlifted to Chungthang in North Sikkim and medicines are being airlifted to Bagdogra from where they will be sent to Chungthang

• 20 Medical detachments have been deployed by army.

• The optical fiber link to Gangtok which had been disrupted is now restored.

• 2 more deaths in West Bengal. The death toll in the state has risen from 5 to 7


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