Tarjum reaches relief to Dzongu

GANGTOK, 24 Sept: A six-member team of Renjyong Mutanchi Rong Tarjum [Sikkim Lepcha Association] led by their president, Sonam Dupden Lepcha, visited the earthquake affected areas of North Sikkim on 22 September, informs a press release.
The team interacted with the members of seven households of Bey block in Upper Dzongu at 4th mile Mantan and handed over relief items to them, the release informs.

According to the release, out of the 16 households in Bey, four houses have completely collapsed while the remaining 12 houses have been severely damaged. Six Lepchas and one labourer died here in a landslide on the evening of 18 Sept. Seven households have been shifted to 4th Mile Mantan, two households to Namprik, one family is at the Mangan hospital while two families were shifted to Lingzya and Pakshek respectively.
The first day of the visit ended with at the Lingzya relief camp.
The team then visited Toong-Rongrong village under Lingdong-Barfok GPU of Lower Dzongu yesterday where they interacted with the village headman and handed over relief materials.
Similarly, the team also visited the Toong ward under Toong-Naga GPU and handed over relief materials to the panchayat, the release adds.