Kalimpong

By Nisha Chettri (TNI Kalimpong) ~ Edited By Pradiptamay Saha (TNI Siliguri) Webdesk, TNI Kalimpong, 10th July, 2015: Diliram Adhakari (53) son of Kharga Adhakari from Gairi gaon, lower Bong busty went missing after yesterday’s torrential rain. His body was found in Bojey Jhora around 9 am today by the local people who immediately informed the police and the fire brigade team. Sources from Bong busty said that Diliram Adhakari was partially handicapped since a long time….

By Nisha Chettri (TNI Kalimpong) ~ Edited By Pradiptamay Saha (TNI Siliguri) Webdesk, TNI Kalimpong, 6th July, 2015: The official death toll of the three hill subdivision is 30, where 10 are still missing and 16 are seriously injured says Rachana Bhagat, the Additional District Magistrate who had come here to attend a meeting with the SDO, Municipality Chairperson and the MLA regarding the emergency alert laid by the aftermath of the landslide. 21 gruel kitchens have been…

By Nisha Chettri (TNI Kalimpong) ~ Edited By R. Subrata (TNI Siliguri) Webdesk, TNI Kalimpong, 4th July, 2015: The family of 4 in Kolakham, Lava is still untraceable as the place has been flooded with the last torrential rain. The untraced includes Bhagi Maya Rai (75) her two sons Harkaman Rai (50) Taraman Rai (45) and her grandson Javious Rai. (5 years) The family of farmers has been missing since the incessant rain of 1st July, informed…

By Nisha Chettri (TNI Kalimpong) ~ Edited By R. Subrata (TNI Siliguri) Webdesk, TNI Kalimpong, 2nd July, 2015: Last night’s incessant rainfall caused huge damages in and around Kalimpong and the death toll caused by landslide reached 7 by evening. Sanjay Gazmer (30) and his wife Priya Sarki (25) were buried by the debris which rushed their home around 2 in the morning, in 11th Mile, above Shahid Park. The neighbors spoke to this Journalist on the…

By Nisha Chettri (TNI Kalimpong) ~ Edited By Pradiptamay Saha (TNI Siliguri) Webdesk, TNI Kalimpong, 2nd July, 2015: After Mirik, the Minister of State for Home, Kiran Rijiju, M.P S.S Ahluwalia, GTA Chief Bimal Gurung and the local political cadre’ reached Kalimpong in the morning around 11:30 to visit the landslide affected sites. While the cadres were investigating the spot in 8th Mile, a woman named Sangita Rai amidst the crowd complained the Minister of State for Home that the calamity was…

By Nisha Chettri (TNI Kalimpong) ~ Edited By Pradiptamay Saha (TNI Siliguri) Webdesk, TNI Kalimpong, 01st July, 2015: Dozens of people standing in front of the syndicates to get their ticket done for Siliguri despite the continuous update of the national highway blockade is an evidence that people have to travel down to the plains for any general reasons. Although they leave Kalimpong a day prior to their tickets, they get stuck down in Swetijhora for unexpected…

By Nisha Chettri (TNI Kalimpong) ~ Edited By Pradiptamay Saha (TNI Siliguri) Webdesk, TNI Kalimpong, 30th June, 2015: After various attempt to recover the deteriorated traffic of the town, Kalimpong traffic police has been trying to edify the drivers with driving etiquettes where some drivers refrain from following the rules. Enforcing the compulsion of seat belt from today, the traffic police had 32 cases till evening, ‘despite warning the drivers since last few days we caught 32…

By Nisha Chettri (TNI Kalimpong) ~ Edited By Pradiptamay Saha (TNI Siliguri) Webdesk, TNI Kalimpong, 29th June, 2015: Yesterday’s higher intensity rainfall destroyed two houses in Bhalukhop, Leprosy road, Mission compound, ward-4 and the families could not seek help from the panchayat today as Sunday is a non-working day. Fortic Roy’s house was reportedly damaged last night around 3 am when the slope above his house started gushing down. Roy’s two rooms are filled with debris and another Suman…