Rare Tibetan Brown Bear Spotted In Sikkim, Forest Officer Shares Pictures
In terms of its appearance habitat and behavior, the rare bear is very different from the commonly found Himalayan black bear.
Sikkim Flash Flood: Death Toll Increases To 34, Search Operation For 105 Missing People Underway
As per Sikkim State Disaster Management report, 63 of the missing people are from Pakyong, 20 are from Gangtok, 16 are from Mangan, and six are from Namchi.
Inter Ministerial Team To Visit Flood Ravaged Sikkim From Sunday Onwards
Union Minister of state for Home Affairs has arrived in the flood ravaged state on Saturday to take stock of the situation. Mishra will be in the state for three days
Sikkim Flood: Parliamentary Committee Red-Flags Severe Shortage Of Monitoring Stations In Himalayan Regions”
The Parliamentary Committee also noted that because many of the Himalayan glaciers and glacial lakes are located in remote areas, they are not being monitored as closely as they should be.
Sikkim: ISRO Satellite Images Show Cloudburst In Lhonak Lake Triggering Flood
Cloudburst and flash flood caused havoc in the state, destroying significant portions of a hydroelectric project and leaving 49 people missing.
Floods Wreck Havoc In Sikkim
Medium to heavy rainfall are likely to take place in the states of Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha and West Bengal for the next three to four days.
Cloudburst In Sikkim Triggers Flash Floods, 23 Soldiers Missing
Sikkim experienced heavy rainfall throughout the night, leading to a cloudburst over Lhonak Lake in north Sikkim.
Sikkim Ravaged By Flash Floods After Cloudburst, National Highway Suffers Severe Damage
The cloudburst originated over Lhonak Lake in North Sikkim, leading to the rapid swelling of the Teesta River, which flows through Sikkim and West Bengal.
Sivok-Rangpo Rail Project: Sikkim To Get First Train Service By 2024
“Work is underway on war footing but being done with extreme care as the entire project falls in seismic four and five zones. In addition, there is always the threat of landslides and flash floods,” Project Director Mohinder Singh from IRCON International, a central PSU under the Ministry of Railways, said.
Sikkim Celebrates 100th Birth Anniversary Of the Last King
The three-day grand celebration marked the closing of the year-long birth centennial celebrations with guests and public offerings khadas to the statue of the last king
