DM evaluates landslide impact in Pakyong
Rohan Agawane, district magistrate and collector of Pakyong, Sikkim, visited the ‘Lower Bering’ area on Monday, to assess the damage caused by a recent landslide.
Rohan Agawane, district magistrate and collector of Pakyong, Sikkim, visited the ‘Lower Bering’ area on Monday, to assess the damage caused by a recent landslide.
The victim, identified as Raghubir Rai (78), a resident of Bujuwa village in Sukhia Block, was buried under debris.
Researchers from the IIT Delhi on Monday announced the development of a ground-breaking cloud computing and machine learning-based tool that can help map a landslide's extent using satellite data.
In a heart-wrenching turn of events, the funeral of Jenson, the fiance of Shruthi, who had lost her entire family in the recent Wayanad landslide, was held on Thursday.
There is a possibility of devotees being trapped in the landslide but there was no immediate confirmation on this.
The landslide also caused large cracks along the Singtam-Dikchu road, rendering it inaccessible.
Search operations for the over 150 missing people continued on Monday, the 14th day of the Wayanad landslide tragedy, said officials here.
A major search operation was conducted on Friday in the Churalmala and Mundakkai areas of Wayanad to trace those still missing after the devastating landslides that struck the area on July 30.
Meanwhile, the death toll in the devastating landslides in Wayanad rose to 396 as more bodies recovered from the debris.
The family, belonging to the Paniya tribe, had taken refuge in a cave atop a hill after being cut off from their community due to the devastating landslides that struck the region earlier this week.
