saneindian Posted September 18, 2011 Posted September 18, 2011 This could be worse than what appeared initially :(( Many remote areas in Sikkimand WB are cut off due to landslides and a tough terrain. May those who lost their lives rest in peace :((
Stuge Posted September 19, 2011 Posted September 19, 2011 Death toll rises to 40; rescue work stepped up
beetle Posted September 19, 2011 Posted September 19, 2011 ...nearing 2012 This is the third one I have felt in the last few months...............:nervous::nervous::nervous:
Stuge Posted September 19, 2011 Posted September 19, 2011 http://www.gettyimages.com/Search/Search.aspx?contractUrl=2&language=en-US&family=editorial&p=sikkim+earthquake+&assetType=image
ganeshran Posted September 19, 2011 Posted September 19, 2011 Kudos to Army guys involved in rescue operations :hatsoff:
WC2011INDIA Posted September 19, 2011 Posted September 19, 2011 My condolences to families that have lost loved ones.
Stuge Posted September 19, 2011 Posted September 19, 2011 Its more than 24 hours ,since earthquake struck, and they are yet to reach many places .Specially North of Sikkim .Now I'm really worried about the people there .
Sachin=GOD Posted September 19, 2011 Posted September 19, 2011 The death tool keeps rising - its now around 80 :((
Stuge Posted September 20, 2011 Posted September 20, 2011 Many areas in Sikkim yet to get help Debi Prasad Rasaily, 53, had to walk more than 20 km to reach Toong, 10 km from Pegong, the epicentre of Sunday's earthquake, to look for his relatives. Carrying a picture of his cousin, Namgyel Bhutia (42) was seen asking people whether they had seen the man in the photograph. Rasaily's relatives are safe. But Bhutia has given up hope his cousin is alive after he was buried under the debris in Safu, a few kilometres ahead of Toong. It is at Safu that Tashi Lepcha and Sonam Lepcha were buried inside their Maruti 800 when the earthquake struck. In Toong, locals said many people were still buried. Pasang Tshring, one of the few volunteers who could reach Toong, said: "I saw one body lying near the road since Sunday evening. There are many elsewhere." Hundreds of people in North district are looking for their relatives, about whom nothing is known even as the army is airlifting bodies from Chungthang, the only place helicopters can access. The armed forces had rescued more than 3,000 people from quake-ravaged areas of Sikkim, deputy director general of military operations Brigadier Ranbir Singh said in New Delhi on Tuesday. Rescue efforts are in full swing in 62 villages. The northern part of Sikkim above Meyong, 8 km from district headquarters Mangan and one of the prominent tourist destinations, is unapproachable with no means of finding out how many are lying on the road with no medical help or government relief till Tuesday evening. Places such as Chungthang, Lachen and Lachun near the India-China border are running without electricity from the time the earthquake struck and there is no phone connectivity. KP Purushothaman, director (planning) of Project Swastik of the General Reserve Engineering Force (GREF), which maintains the strategic road leading to the China border, said it would take not less than another 48 hours for road connectivity to be restored with affected places like Pegong. With inputs from New Delhi http://www.hindustantimes.com/Many-areas-in-Sikkim-yet-to-get-help/H1-Article1-748167.aspx
Stuge Posted September 21, 2011 Posted September 21, 2011 Five villages in quake-hit Sikkim razed, no survivors seen yet MANGAN (SIKKIM): An Army aerial survey on Wednesday showed that at least five villages in north Sikkim have been obliterated. More disturbingly, the survey failed to detect any people in or around the area, raising fears of the quake toll going up significantly. Authorities also said that 11 bodies were retrieved from the rubble at the hydel project near here where rescue teams fear that 40 workers are trapped in a flooded tunnel. With more bodies being found as the rescue teams are reaching areas that were cut off, fears of the toll going up are rising by the hour. The official toll put out by the Sikkim government was 69. This does not take into account the possible casualty figures that might emerge from the five devastated villages -- Lingzya, Sakyong, Tentong, Day and Tholong. Counting deaths in neighbouring Bhutan, Bihar, Nepal, West Bengal and Jharkhand, the toll now stands at about 140. There was no news of the 40 workers trapped in the tunnel of the Teesta Urja hydel project between Theng village and Mangan with authorities now fearing the worst. An Army platoon failed to enter the flooded tunnel on Wednesday. The landslide debris is expected to be cleared on Thursday and the picture will be clear only after that, said sources. According to National Disaster Relief Force sources, seven bodies were located in Dzonghu but they couldn't be recovered. Nishit Upadyay, commanding officer, said that many more could be lying under the debris. North Sikkim district collector S K Pradhan said the death toll was "uncertain" because most parts of the district were still cut off. Army and NDRF personnel, each carrying 30-40kg of ration and medicines, have started climbing to the inaccessible regions, especially in Dzonghu. It could take troops three to four days to reach these areas where scores are feared trapped. In the worst-hit areas, rescuers came across bodies that were mangled and crushed. Landslides are still a deadly threat and flash floods were reported from Lachen and Lachung, adding to the misery. Five villages in quake-hit Sikkim razed, no survivors seen yet - The Times of India
ganeshran Posted September 21, 2011 Posted September 21, 2011 This is pathetic. Why didnt the entire magnitude of this tragedy come forth earlier.
akshayxyz Posted September 21, 2011 Posted September 21, 2011 This is pathetic. Why didnt the entire magnitude of this tragedy come forth earlier. Terrain, connectivity... and disruption of whatever connectivity was there - after the tremors, landslides. Looks like you have never witnessed landslides etc in hilly terrain and how it totally cuts of the connectivity with city.
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