Suspended bridge project adds to traffic woes on Singtam-Mangan highway

MANGAN, 11 Sept: The under construction Marchak bridge on the Mangan-Singtam axis has become a nuisance for vehicles and commuters on this route. The delay in construction has turned it into a trouble spot with the road formation becoming very narrower due to the ongoing construction of the bridge.
Construction had begun a couple of years ago but is now abandoned. It has been almost a year since construction work was discontinued and the local public here are not aware of the reasons behind this.
Work on the bridge, which falls under BRO, was awarded to a sub-contractor, it is learnt.
At the same time, the Kali Khola bridge near Makha, also on the Mangan-Singtam highway, which receives high volume traffic including heavy vehicles, also lies abandoned. It is learnt that construction of this bridge was completed a year ago and the contractor had handed over the bridge to the BRO.
However, filling of the walls at the two ends of the bridge was left to be done which has not been carried out. The public have appealed to the BRO to complete construction of both the bridges at the earliest.

Slide damages house at Lower Tintek

MANGAN, 25 June:  Heavy rain on Sunday night triggered a landslide at Marchak, Lower Tintek, in East Sikkim damaging an ‘ekra’ cum wooden house belonging to Indra Bahadur Rai. Fortunately, no casualties were reported as the family members were out of station when the slide occurred.
The slide occurred around 9.30 PM right above the house and huge boulders brought along by the slide smashed half of the house. The bedroom along with the kitchen of the house has been completely destroyed.  The furniture, utensils and other belongings inside the house were also damaged.
However, some of the family members who were staying on rent in another house attached to Indra Bahadur Rai’s house managed to escape and were provided shelter by a neighbour.   Today, the family members along with the tenants have shifted their belonging and are temporarily residing with some of their relatives. Meanwhile, the ward panchayat, RP Ojha visited the spot today and assessed the damages.

Biraspati Parsai Sr Sec School observes National Education Day

GANGTOK, 11 Nov: Biraspati Parsai Govt Sr Sec School, Marchak, also celebrated National Education Day today. In the introductory speech, school principal, Sunita Verma, urged the students to learn from the experiences of great men and focus more on education for improving the quality of life, informs a press release.

People should be watchful of building collapse – SIR report

EARTHQUAKE MONITORING STATION INAUGURATED AT MARCHAK
SAGAR CHHETRI

GANGTOK, 07 Nov: The Minister for Science and Technology and Climate Change, Forest and Tourism Department Bhim Dhungel inaugurated the Earthquake Monitoring Station at Science Centre, Marchak today.

Marchak residents raise concerns over Industrial Growth Centre

RAISE HEALTH CONCERNS OVER PLASTIC PRODUCTION AND OTHER DISAPPOINTMENTS
GANGTOK, 07 Nov: The locals of Marchak, 8th Mile, Ranipool, extending their gratitude towards the Chief Minister, Pawan Chamling for having established the Industrial Growth Centre in the area have however expressed their doubts on the kind of activities this Centre is carrying out and have appealed to the government to scrap the idea of developing the area as an Industrial Growth Centre.