Both the Border Road Organisation (BRO) and Indian Army have started working jointly by engaging men and machines to meet the critical need to restore connectivity between Mangan and Chungthang in flash flood-hit North Sikkim.
Troops of Trishakti Corps of army along with Border Roads Organidation (BRO) assisted by civil administration and locals are undertaking operations at a massive scale to reconnect North Sikkim, officials said on Sunday.
The catastrophe has already claimed 18 lives, while more than 98 individuals remain missing, swept away by the surging waters.
Incidentally, Naku La was one of the original face-off sites, along with Pangong Tso, Galwan, Gogra, Hot Springs, in early May last year.
The Army personnel who rescued the citizens also offered them food and warm clothes to protect them from the harsh climate in the area.
The Lachung Dzomsa took the decision after the World Health Organisati declared the outbreak of the Covid-19 as a pandemic
