Three dead, two injured in Sikkim landslide

Three members of a family died and two others, including a seven-year-old boy, were seriously injured after landslides struck Upper Rimbi in Yangthang constituency of Gejing district of West Sikkim on the intervening night of Thursday and Friday.

Visuals from the site of the landslide in Sikkim on Friday. (HT Photo)

“Three people died after being trapped in the landslides. Two have been injured,” Gejing superintendent of police Tshering Sherpa said.

He said, “After the incident, security personnel, local residents and SSB personnel started rescue operations. After the Hurmey River flooded and blocked the road, the rescue team managed to pull out two women in their injured condition by constructing a temporary wooden bridge.”