Writes Vivek Chhetri Darjeeling, July 24: The collapse of a four-storey structure in Darjeeling on Friday night, which led to seven deaths, has brought to focus the pathetic construction of buildings in the hills. Buildings have virtually come up in thin air in Darjeeling with residents using vertical wooden stilts to create space, though in […]
An Open Letter to Narendra Modi Sir From an Honest Assamese
Writes LEENA HAZARIKA I have always been a proud civilian of India, but, I am overwhelmingly humiliated to see all the agony some other natives of Assam are going through every year. This is something which I have been thinking from quite some time now. I needed to ask you as to how much do […]
Building Collapse in Darjeeling, 3 Deaths, 7 Rescued, 7 Missing
TRAGEDY STRIKES DARJEELING: Building Collapse Causes 3 Deaths, 7 Rescued, 7 Missing Darjeeling 22nd July 2016 Around 10:30 PM last night, people in Dr. Zakir Hussain Busty (locally known as Butcher Busty) below Lower Masjid, were jolted by a tremor. They assumed it was an earthquake. On coming out of their houses, they were left […]
Waterlogging in Siliguri, yellow alert on the banks of Teesta river
Siliguri, June 24: Incessant rainfall led to waterlogging today in areas in and around Siliguri, including New Jalpaiguri railway station, and a rise in the water levels of a number of rivers in north Bengal. The downpour forced the state irrigation department to issue a yellow alert (primary alert) in the unprotected areas on either […]
Sikkim – bridge collapsed by rain, Road to Mangan, Chungthang, Lachung, Lachen closed
Sikkim 17th May 2016: Highway road blocked at Rel khola (Ri chu) after Iron Bridge swept away by heavy rainfall approx 99 tourist vehicles which reached Mangan town and maximum back towards east district from Mangan, North district. More than 200 tourists which have stranded at Chungthang, approx 60 tourists at Lachung and 50 tourists […]
Fire in Darjeeling town – all you need to know
13th April 2016 Its very sad to report that the part of Darjeeling town was once again engulfed in fire early in the morning today. Following are thing that is all you need to know which has come out of the event till now. 1.Fire Breaks Out At Shyam Brothers Line Darjeeling Fire broke out […]
Hailstorm, Malgovernance, and Indifferent State – How Safe Are We?
Writes Shailendra M Pradhan for TheDC March 31st, 2016 , will go down in the collective memory for two, or possibly three, reasons: hailstorm in Darjeeling, the tragedy in Kolkata caused by the collapse of under-construction bridge, and, of not lesser interest to a cricketing nation like ours, the defeat of India in T20 World […]
How Bengal Government and Darjeeling Dist Administration Let People in Tingling to Die
Special Report: Upendra for The Darjeeling Chronicle When landslides happened in Tingling, the only group of people who were not shocked were the Tingling residents. They knew this day was coming. In fact, they had known this day would come since 2011. Following the 2011 earthquake, land had started to sink in, in Limbu Gaon Tingling. […]
