Four dead, 3 missing after landslide in West Sikkim’s Upper Rimbi

GYALSHING (Sikkim): Four people have died and three remain missing after a landslide struck Upper Rimbi in Gyalshing district of Sikkim around midnight, officials said. According to Gyalshing Superintendent of Police (SP) Tshering Sherpa, three individuals were killed on the spot following a landslide.

“Four dead and three missing after a landslide in Upper Rimbi under the Yangthang constituency in West Sikkim at midnight. Three individuals were killed on the spot when the landslide hit. The police team, in coordination with local villagers and SSB personnel, managed to evacuate two injured women from the affected area after constructing a temporary tree log bridge over the flooded Hume River”, SP Sherpa said.

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Both women were rushed to the district hospital, but one of them succumbed to her injuries during treatment. “The other remains in critical condition, and three are still missing”, the SP said. (ANI)