| The National Highway 10 (NH10) which connects Siliguri to Gangtok and is the lifeline for Sikkim and Kalimpong district runs along the river valley almost hugging the banks of the river for almost 50 odd km. The monsoons extracted a heavy price for this closeness in Aug2024 - the highway was closed for almost 20 days due to landslides and erosion. As per the above data: - Darjeeling, Kalimpong (in West Bengal), Gangtok, Mangan, Damthang (in Sikkim) recd almost normal rainfall.
- Kalimpong, Siliguri, Jhallong, Alipur Duar (W Bengal) and Dentam in Sikkim recd went deficient in rainfall.
- Most of the rainfall occurred in the first half of the month (see below).This was undoubtedly due to the low pressure areas and depressions which formed in the Bay of Bengal and moved towards western India, which resulted in surplus rainfall in those parts towards the end of Aug2024 (see above).
 Major Landslide
A major landslide occurred in Sikkim on 20Aug2024 at Dipu Dara, just above NHPC Stage V Power House at Baluatar. We have covered the entire incident in our previous blog report
Documentation of a part of the above report was supported by Royal Enfield, as part of their Social Mission Initiative
Praful Rao
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