Road cleared upto Shipgyer, opening option to drive in hydel tunnel to Chungthang

MANGAN, 29 Sept: The Mangan-Shipgyer road was opened for light vehicles today. The restoration work, undertaken by the 20 Mountain Division’s 52nd Engineer Regiment along with State PWD Department, required 12 [major to minor] landslides cleared from Toong to Shipgyer.
With Shipgyer reached, access has been gained to the Teesta Stage-III Adit-IV tunnel through which vehicles can drive up to Chungthang. This is a 50-minute drive.
Earlier, vehicles from Chungthang could drive up to Theng inside the Adit-III tunnel and then walk onwards to Mangan from there.
The regular road to Chungthang, however, is still blocked at several places like Toong and Theng. The road from Chungthang to Lachen and Lachung is still cut off. Meanwhile Ramom, Saffo and Salem-Pakel beyond Shipgyer into Dzongu are still cut off.
The road to Bey-Pentong and Sakyong and several other villages in Upper Dzongu are also still cut-off even as the road has been kept open up to Lingzya where a relief camp has been set up.