Gangtok, Sept. 30: The government will resume issuing permits to visit Chhangu lake, Nathu-la and Baba Mandir in East Sikkim from tomorrow with the Jawaharlal Nehru Marg being repaired for lighter vehicles.
The popular tourist destinations in the East district have been out of bounds for tourists since June when the J.N. Marg was blocked by multiple landslides.
The check-post division of Sikkim police is the authority to issue the permits, for which each vehicle has to pay Rs 10. The permits are issued at the 2nd Mile police check-post when...
1 Oct 2012
Police officer & car fall into Teesta
An SUV carrying the officer in charge of Rambi police station rolled down 100 feet into the Teesta in Kalimpong.Along with OC Shiv Sagar Chhetri (right), his friend Soumen Banerjee and the driver of the car are missing.
The accident happened at a place called Geilkhola, which is 17km from Kalimpong and on NH31A, on Saturday night. Banerjee is an employee of the National Hydroelectric Power Corporation. The driver’s name is Pritam Chhetri.
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