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The Sikkim governments plan to airlift tourists stranded at Lachung and Chungthang in north Sikkim could not be carried out on Sunday due to rain and inclement weather while most parts of the region remained cut off because of damages on roads, bridges and human habitations suffered during landslides since last weekend, officials said.I)..
With no casualty being reported since Saturday, the death toll in Sikkim remained nine..
With air operations called off for the time being, travel and tour operators and the state government decided to ferry the tourists in vehicles from Lachung to Tung from Monday..
They will walk to the location where the next batch of vehicles were available Sonam Lachungpa, president, Travel Agents Association of Sikkim (TAAS), said..
. NH-10, the lifeline of Sikkim and Bengals Kalimpong district, was closed for vehicles on Sunday since boulders continued to fall from the hillsides, particularly in places like Likhu Vir in Kalimpong..
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