Incessant rains and resultant landslides in the Himalayan State of Sikkim left 200 tourists stranded and also affected piped water supply to the capital town of Gangtok, officials said on Wednesday.
The heavy rains have damaged NH-10 that connects the rest of the country via Siliguri to Gangtok at 19 and 20 mile between Singtam in East district and Rangpo in Pakyong district blocking a lane of the main highway that links Sikkim to West Bengal, officials said.
The rains are set to continue and the met department has issued a red alert in the State. It warned of heavy to very heavy rainfall due to an upper air trough stretching from east Uttar Pradesh to Arunachal Pradesh across Bihar, sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Assam.
