A total of 6,922 people, stuck outside the state, have registered themselves with the government's portal to return to their homes. No COVID-19 case has been reported in Sikkim so far.
'With the completion of this road link, the yatra could be completed in one week compared to 2-3 weeks it took earlier,' he said.
The Ministry of External Affairs organises the yatra from June-September each year through two different routes, Lipulekh Pass (Uttarakhand) and Nathu La Pass (Sikkim).
Addressing a gathering on the occasion, he thanked China for promoting people to people exchange through its support of this yatra.
From Gangtok, the route passes through scenic places like Hangu Lake and the vast landscape of the Tibetan plateau.
The party also said it is tragic that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is insulting the "abode of Lord Shiva and Maa Parvati".
The Indian Embassy in Nepal said on Sunday that it is aware of the stranding of 200 Kailash Mansarovar Yatra pilgrims in Simikot in Nepal due to bad weather.
Around 1500 Indian pilgrims were stranded in Nepal’s mountainous region on their way back from the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra in Tibet earlier this month.
The last batch of 160 pilgrims who got stranded on their way back from Kailash Mansarovar in Tibet was airlifted to safety from the Hilsa and Simikot districts of Nepal.
Congress president Rahul Gandhi, who had announced that he will undertake the Kailash-Mansarovar yatra after the Karnataka elections, has not made an official request for the same.
