Sikkim & Kalimpong road restored after menders cup open the hills on NH 10 near Teesa Bazaar
| Sep 15, 2018, 14:06 IST
GANGTOK | September 15, 2018 (UNI)
The vehicular traffic bound for Sikkim and Kalimpong was on Friday restored after the menders cut open portion of hills to connect the damaged road making the NH 10 through between the plains of Siliguri and the hills, nearly a day cut off from the rest of the country.
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The PWD has deployed its experts and two bulldozers on narrow NH 10 to cup open the hills and widen the surface after about 20 mts metal road surface at 29th Mile between Ramvi and Teesta Bazaar was washed away into the turbulent waters around 1140 hours on Thursday following rains.
The damage portion falls under the Kalimpong district of West Bengal, that cut off landlocked Sikkim and Kalimpong town from the rest of the country. Nearly 80 percent of the wide road had been caved in following rains.
The area has also Teesta Hydel power station and dams.
The area has also Teesta Hydel power station and dams.
