Thursday, October 31, 2013

Monday storm damages crops and power supply up North

MANGAN, 30 Oct: The heavy storm and rain on Monday evening has damaged crops and vegetables in several areas of North District. Areas at Swayem, Lungtsok, Naga, some parts of Dzongu have been severely affected. Power and drinking water supply to different areas have also been disrupted.
Roads were also blocked at some places which were immediately restored while power supply to different areas was restored by Wednesday evening.
At Swayem, crops belonging to Norden Lepcha, Tenzing Lepcha, Sangta Lepcha, Dathik Bhutia and Tashi Bhutia have been damaged. Paddy at Upper and Lower Tintek, Upper Kambal in East Sikkim have also been damaged.

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