Sikkim Chief Secretary V B Pathak sought ground reports on relief and restoration work from collectors of four districts worst affected by the recent flash flood in the Himalayan state.
He chaired a review meeting, seeking the reports from the collectors of Mangan, Gangtok, Pakyong, and Namchi districts to assess the status of the ongoing rescue, relief, and restoration work in the flood-affected areas, and discuss further course of action.
The district officials apprised the Chief Secretary of the details of the rehabilitation of house owners and tenants displaced by the disaster and currently sheltered in relief camps.
Pathak also okayed a strategy for long-term restoration with regard to the reconstruction of houses, repair of shops, and other infrastructure destroyed by the flash flood in the Teesta River basin on October 4 triggered by a cloudburst over Lhonak Lake. The flood claimed at least 37 lives, including those of 10 army jawans, and left 80 others missing.