Yuksom appeal for retrieval of Mumbai Mountaineers bodies from Thingchingkhang

Yuksom,November01: The residents of the Yoksom have started expressing their deep concern over the dead bodies of two Mumbai mounatineers Mangesh Deshpandey and Sadaseven Sekhar which till date remain stranded on Mount Thingching Khang ever since the duo were killed in an avalanche there last week.
Yousom Panchayat secretary Buddhahang Subba while speaking to local media stated that people workship the mountains as gods and argued that dead bodies should hence be removed rom their immediately .In this regards,residents have appealed to the State Government  to expedite the needful and ensure early retrieval of two bodies of the unfortunate mountaineers from Mount Thningching Khang.
Mr.Subba added that the responsibility to do so should not be of State government alone but also of the tour and travel agents who earn from the route and have responsibilities towards Yoksom people.

Sikkim Avalanche: Relatives return home with Survivors

Gangtok,October23: The parents and relatives of the two mountaineers from Maharastra killed in the avalanche on Mount Thinchenkhang in West Sikkim on October 19, and other rescued mountaineers,met with the civil administration and TAAS representatives and other concerned organisations at Yuksam today and left for their homes in evening.
The three rescued mountaineers from the expedition of 5 ,also returned with them to their respective homes.
Sources further informed that although the dead bodies of the two mountaineers have been spotted,inclement weather and unstable snow have rendered evacuation impossible thus far. A special team of the local climbers are camped at the site and wil be extracting the dead bodies in a few days time.The avalanche struck when the duo mountaineers were returning from a successfil summit on Mount Thinchenkhang.