West Bengal floods: 28 dead, dozens missing as landslides devastate Darjeeling hills; Mirik cut off
Famous for its Lake Sumendu and Kanchengunga, thirteen bodies were recovered in Mirik, while ten people, including tourist Himadri Purkite from Calcutta, were not calculated on Sunday evening. Authorities, rescue teams warned that the wage may increase as they reach the distant top-back areas.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed grief on social media: “Darjeeling suffered deeply from the loss of life due to a bridge mistake … The situation is closely monitored after heavy rain and landslides. We are committed to providing all possible help.”
The bridges are collapsing, tourists and natives are trapped
Diling destroyed the important infrastructure. A iron bridge on the Balasan River in Dudhia, the only direct route between Siliguri And Mirik, another bridge in Pulbazar was badly damaged, cut off the parts of Thanaline and Bijanbari.
The Rohini road, which connects Darjeeling to the plains, entered and was closed in Chitrey, NH10, the life line of the coin. Darjeeling Himalaya Himalayan railway suspended operations.
Flash floods turned Puja holidays after Durga into a desperate struggle to survive. Hundreds of tourists in Dooars, Kalimpong and Darjeeling were stranded in holiday villages and wildlife areas.
“Water currents were so strong, we had to create a human chain,” he said. Others passed the waters in the depth of the waist or ferry on elephant ridges. Senjuti Ghosh from Kalcutta said, “Forest officials, we were stranded before bringing elephants used for safari to take us from rivers to a safer ground under the waters,” he said.
Travel chaos also hit the new Jalpaiguri station and Bagdogra airport and left tourists stranded. Darjeeling SP Praween Prakash said, ın Check the recommendations before going out ”.
Government and rescue response
Prime Minister Mamata Bannerjee, Siliguri Mayor Gautam Deb and GTA Chief Anit Thapa, including senior officials organized an emergency virtual meeting and said he would visit the disaster zone on Monday, he said.
“Various areas in both the North and South Bengal were flooded by Bhutan and Fragrance due to sudden big rain and excessive river waters,” he said.
BANERJEE ordered the closure of all tourist places in the affected areas and released the emergency line numbers from the Nabanna control room and made sure that the rescue costs would be covered by the state.
Army units and NDRF Teams participated in state institutions in ongoing rescue and restoration operations. Mahananda, Jaldhaka and Teesta rivers run above the danger levels, while elephants, rhinoceros, deer and bison, wrecking forests were seen fleeing.
Darjeeling recorded 261 mm rainfall from 8 o’clock on Saturday, classified as extremely heavy, Cooch Behar 192 mm and Jalpaiguri 172 mm. Gajoldoba in Jalpaiguri reported 300 mm. The worst destruction was reported to Mirik, Jorebunglow, Maneybhanjang, Sukhiapokhri and Falakata.
(With toi’s Roshan Gupta, Pinak Priya Bhattacharya and Tamaghna Bannerjee’s inputs)
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