NEICORD and UCWSS discuss future earthquake relief efforts

GANGTOK, 24 Oct: A meeting of North East India Committee On Relief & Development, [NEICORD] and United Christian Welfare Society of Sikkim [UCWSS] was held in Gangtok on 22 October to take stock of the earthquake relief related activities and to jointly assess what further activities could be taken up jointly in the future to address such emergency situations, informs a press release.

State Govt pegs immediate repair and rehabilitation budget at Rs. 3,500 cr

GANGTOK, 17 Oct: The State government has submitted a memorandum to the Central government detailing its earthquake damage estimates and rebuilding costs. Officials however inform that the memorandum is not a comprehensive estimate of the total damages incurred by Sikkim, but an estimate of the immediate and short term measures of repair and rehabilitation as required by the Central government.

“Poverty will make recovery difficult for affected people”

FIRST HAND ACCOUNT: SIKKIM UNIVERSITY TEAM TOURS EARTHQUAKE AFFECTED PARTS OF WEST SIKKIM
A team of faculty members and students of Sikkim University along with some members of Voluntary Health Association of Sikkim (VHAS) toured different village of three Gram Panchayats in Sombarey area under Soreng sub-division of West Sikkim in connection with relief work and assessment study related to the 18 September Earthquake. The team was in West Sikkim on 27 and 28 September.
Due to weak geological structure, the western part of Sikkim in general is prone to landslides, but the tremor, combined with heavy rainfall which followed in subsequent days, triggered landslides which have created havoc in some of the villages in the Sombarey administrative block.

SU team lists urgent requirements for cut-off villages of Dzongu

GANGTOK, 26 Sept: A Sikkim University relief and recce team which entered Dzongu yesterday has conveyed word that the villages of Mangzing, Kassel and Katong in Upper Dzongu were cut-off from all sides due to fresh landslides triggered the continuous rain of the past few days.