GANGTOK, 20 Dec: With the onset of winters, stocking of ration in earthquake hit North Sikkim has become top priority for the state government. Keeping this in mind, the Land Revenue and Disaster Management Department, in coordination with Pawan Hans helicopter service and STDC, has begun airlifting essential commodities to remote areas of Dzongu still cut off from road access.
Around 18 to 20 sorties will be flown over the next three days to air-drop over 3 tonnes of essential commodities to earthquake affected Upper Dzongu. It may be recalled that the last batch of supplies was airlifted to the area in October.
