<p class="title">Incessant rain in north Sikkim since Sunday has triggered multiple landslides in North District, snapping road connectivity at several places including Gangtok, a senior district official said.<br /><br />The landslides have occurred at Dzongu, Mangan, Lachen and Mangshilla in North District, he said. Mangan, the district headquarter town of North District, has been cut off from Gangtok, a distance of 74 km, due to a landslide at Ambithang.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The road link between Mangan and Chungthang has also been snapped after a bridge was washed off at Rafong Khola.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Ambithang jhora is also flowing in full spate damaging culverts and the newly constructed bailey bridge near Toong has been damaged.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The road network in Dzongu has been affected at multiple places with reports of landslides.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The entire areas of upper Dzongu have been cut off due to landslides near Mantam lake.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The rains and widespread landslides have affected about 50 houses in the district.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Many houses near Rafong Jhora have become unsuitable for human habitation and residents of those houses have been directed to shift to safer location. District Collector, Karma R Bonpo, along with the sub-divisional magistrates of Mangan and Dzongu subdivisions, senior police and transport officials made a survey of the affected areas in Mangan, Mangshilla, Dzongu Friday to assess the situation.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Schools in North District have been directed to shut Saturday to ensure the safety of students.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Border Roads Organization is working on the restoration of the road network in the district.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Relief and ex-gratia as per norms will be released to the affected people, the official said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">As it is raining heavily in north Sikkim, so civil defence, volunteers and the public have been alerted in downstream areas such as Singtam and Rangpo about the possibility of rising water level. </p>
<p class="title">Incessant rain in north Sikkim since Sunday has triggered multiple landslides in North District, snapping road connectivity at several places including Gangtok, a senior district official said.<br /><br />The landslides have occurred at Dzongu, Mangan, Lachen and Mangshilla in North District, he said. Mangan, the district headquarter town of North District, has been cut off from Gangtok, a distance of 74 km, due to a landslide at Ambithang.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The road link between Mangan and Chungthang has also been snapped after a bridge was washed off at Rafong Khola.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Ambithang jhora is also flowing in full spate damaging culverts and the newly constructed bailey bridge near Toong has been damaged.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The road network in Dzongu has been affected at multiple places with reports of landslides.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The entire areas of upper Dzongu have been cut off due to landslides near Mantam lake.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The rains and widespread landslides have affected about 50 houses in the district.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Many houses near Rafong Jhora have become unsuitable for human habitation and residents of those houses have been directed to shift to safer location. District Collector, Karma R Bonpo, along with the sub-divisional magistrates of Mangan and Dzongu subdivisions, senior police and transport officials made a survey of the affected areas in Mangan, Mangshilla, Dzongu Friday to assess the situation.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Schools in North District have been directed to shut Saturday to ensure the safety of students.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Border Roads Organization is working on the restoration of the road network in the district.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Relief and ex-gratia as per norms will be released to the affected people, the official said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">As it is raining heavily in north Sikkim, so civil defence, volunteers and the public have been alerted in downstream areas such as Singtam and Rangpo about the possibility of rising water level. </p>