North Sikkim Highway closed at Rangrang for last 5 days

MANGAN, 29 June: The North Sikkim Highway to Mangan has remained closed for the last five days due to back cutting work at Rangrang near the GREF camp there. GREF labours and staff are working at the site but the public feel that the pace of work is inordinately slow.
The public and commuters suggested that all debris and stones be cleared from the stretch so that at least light vehicles could ply. At present, vehicles have to take a two hour longer route accessing Pheedang from Dikchu and travelling on to Sankalang and through to Mangan. Travel time from Dikchu to Mangan when Rangrang is open, is a quick half an hour.
The BRO officials posted in the area informed that dumping the debris is a problem since it cannot be dumped on the roadside as it is a sinking zone and the area also falls under private land holdings. Hence, the boulders have to be broken down and moved to other places through GREF tippers which takes time. Meanwhile, traffic is expected to resume from Saturday.