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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Gangtok, July 1: Around 500 vehicles were left stranded after a landslide blocked traffic on NH10 between Singtam and Ranipool in East Sikkim this morning. Administrative sources said heavy rain had triggered the landslide at 32nd Mile around 7am and the Border Roads Organisation had cleared the highway for one-way traffic in two hours. “A […]

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 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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Darjeeling, March 31: Darjeeling was covered in white with the hill town experiencing an unprecedented bout of hailstorm at noon today. Hailstone accompanied by a strong drizzle that lasted for nearly an hour from 11.45am had the town covered in more than four inches of ice. It had last snowed here in 2008 and even […]

Very heavy hailstorm witnessed in Darjeeling town which was accompanied by wind and rain. Hailstones in the size of goldballs  battered roofs, trees, vehicles and people alike. Most of the places in the town received heavy hailstorm coupled with rain today. People got worried about electricity connections and transportation. In the Morning, it was clear […]

A massive landslide has struck Bhoteybhir,  Darjeeling side near Rangpo. As warned earlier by many experts that post the earthquake there would be a large possibility of landslides in the Northeast An unspecified number of people are feared either dead or buried after a large piece of rock, estimated to measure about 150 metres, broke […]

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. […]

Six persons died and six went missing after heavy rains lashed Kalimpong subdivision last night and caused landslides. COUPLE BURIED IN THEIR HOUSE IN KALIMPONG DUE TO LANDSLIDE The extent of damage caused by the 137mm rain, which Kalimpong received in 24 hours since 8.30am yesterday, is not yet known. “Six persons died and another […]

Press Release from Gorkhaland Territorial Administration on 9th July 2015. The Gorkhaland Territorial Administration’s Chief Executive Mr Bimal Gurung is visiting all the areas affected by the landslides in Kalimpong including Todhay Tangta, Lava Lingsey, Gitadabing and Khola Khan at lava. Bimal Gurung visiting the damaged areas during heavy rainfall on 30th june 2015 to […]

38 killed in landslide in Darjeeling; PM Modi announces Rs 2 lakh compensation for victims’ families At least 38 people were killed in landslides triggered by heavy rainfall across Darjeeling district of West Bengal on Wednesday. The water in the Teesta barrage is rising alarmingly and the administration has started the evacuation process in the […]

Death toll in Mirik Landslide has reached 27, 19 from Tingling Limbudhura,3 from Mahinra Gaon,3 from Thana Line Mirik,one from Toklang, one from Seeyok and one from lower Deosay dara namely Ranjit Khapangi,husband of Mrs Sushila Thapa who died due to heart attack. Dead body being pulled up by the people in Mirik from the […]

Siliguri, July 17: Singer Prashant Tamang, the 2007 winner of the reality show Indian Idol, will perform here tomorrow to raise funds for the Mirik landslides victims and their families. Prashant Tamang, the 2007 winner of the reality show Indian Idol Amit Paul, who was the first runners-up at the show in 2007, will also […]

On July 1 , landslides had hit Darjeeling, Mirik, Kalimpong and Kurseong, killing at least 40 people. Days after multiple landslides hit Darjeeling district, authorities on Sunday said property worth at least Rs 50 crore has been damaged. This, even as the state government is still gathering data to ascertain the loss. Landslide-hit Mirik near […]