Around 1,500 tourists were stranded across north Sikkim after landslides triggered by continuous rainfall blocked key roads.
Meanwhile, search efforts for the eight missing tourists were disrupted by heavy rain. The rescue operation was later suspended as the Teesta River’s water level rose.
The tourists went missing after their vehicle plunged over 1,000 feet into the river in Mangan district on Thursday night near Munsithang, along the Lachen-Lachung highway. The accident killed one person and injured two others.
Among the 11 tourists in the vehicle, two—Swayam Supratim Nayak and Sairaj Jena from Odisha—were rescued and are being treated at STNM Hospital in Gangtok. The missing include four from Odisha (Ajit Kumar Nayak, Sunita Nayak, Sahil Jena, Itshiri Jena), two from Tripura (Debjyoti Joy Dev, Swapnanil Deb), and two from Uttar Pradesh (Kaushalendra Pratap Singh, Ankita Singh).
