Geyzing: Incessant overnight downpour has triggered massive landslide sat Nambu and Topung villages near Rimbi under Yuks om constituency, causing major damages to houses there and severing road connectivity from Darap to Nambu.The heavy rain also caused the streams in these areas to break their banks,wreaking havoc on the agricultural fields alongside.Landslip damages were also reported from Seingpheng and Darap Villages also under Yuks om.
The affected areas were surveyed and damages assessed by Quick Response Team of Sikkim government and immediate releif measures were handed out to the affected families.
At Nambu, which lies at 22KM distance from Geyzing, a two storied pukka house of Mingma Tshering Bhutia and two storied concrete building of Lakchung Tshering Bhutia stand precariously above a massive landslide which occured night before.The slip portion belowthe house shave been covered with tarpaulin sheets for safety and Nambu Dispensary Center has been arranged as temporary housing of both affected families.
Mr.Mingma Tshering Bhutia has also sustained damages to his maize and cardamom plantations due to landslide.
Electric supply to villages has been interrupted as electric poles were washed away in the landslides.
