MANGAN, 28 May: Vehicular traffic to Mangan has been disrupted due to landslides near RangRang around 7kms short of Mangan [when approached from East Sikkim]. Huge boulders blocked around 70 feet of the road this afternoon.
Vehicles plying to North Sikkim have been stranded on either side while light vehicles are plying from Dzongu over the Hee-Gyathang and Sangkalang route. The huge boulders from the slides also smashed one half of an excavator belonging to the BRO but no one was injured.
Restoration work by the BRO is underway and traffic is expected to resume from Tuesday evening. It is learnt that tourists were charged an extra Rs. 1,500 to 2,000 [per vehicle] today owing to the diversion in the route.
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