Civilian choppers evacuate 66 people

GANGTOK, 01 Oct: Three civilian helicopters - 2 Pawan Hans with STDC and 1 chartered by a hydel company - still involved in relief operations in Sikkim, flew 28 sorties between them from Gangtok to Lachen, Lachung and Chungthang.
STDC’s Tejpal Pradhan informs that these helicopters evacuated 66 people from North Sikkim on their flights back on Saturday.
He informed that heli service is concentrating on relief operations and evacuations. He informed that that so far, 900 people were evacuated so far by these helicopters.

Choppers keep busy, evacuate 156 people

GENERATOR AIRLIFTED TO LACHEN
GANGTOK, 30 Sept: Pawan Hans helicopters flew 36 sorties from Mangan on Friday, flying to Chungthang, Lachen and Lachung, reaching and evacuating people and personnel. The two helicopters evacuated 101 people from different locations today.
Similarly, Army spokespersons, Col Ravi Patil informed that army helicopters evacuated 25 people, mostly NDRF personnel, from Chungthang to Gangtok. Among those evacuated from Chungthang were 19 NDRF personnel and one pregnant lady.

Helicopter sorties evacuate 43 injured persons and 70 tourists from North Sikkim

ARMY SETS UP DISASTER MANAGEMENT WARD AT BENGDUBI BASE HOSPITAL
 GANGTOK, 21 Sept: A disaster management ward has been activated at the armed forces Base Hospital at Bengdubi near Siliguri in West Bengal to attend to people injured in the Sunday earthquake from Sikkim. A press communiqué received from the army informs that thus far, this Base Hospital has performed five major surgeries and 9 minor surgeries.
“Till yesterday, 43 casualties and 70 tourists [including 02 foreigners and children] have been evacuated mainly from Lachung and brought safely to Mangan,” informed Lt. General Vinod Bhatia, General Officer Commanding, 33 Corps, while addressing a press conference at the District Control Room here today.