Lachung, a town in the Mangan district of Sikkim, is currently facing a critical situation where 1,215 tourists are unable to leave due to heavy rain and road closures. C S Rao, Principal Secretary of Tourism and Civil Aviation, confirmed this today and stated that among the stranded tourists, 15 are foreigners with 10 from Bangladesh.
The minister in-charge of irrigation and waterways department, Partha Bhowmick, today visited different sites of two rivers, Jorapani and Fuleshwari in Siliguri today.