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SIKKIM INFRASTRUCTURE ASSESSMENT
Landslides, heavy rain disrupt transport, residential infrastructure in Sikkim's Gangtok; DDMA initiates damage assessmentsContinuous heavy rainfall has triggered landslides, mudflows and road blockages across Gangtok district, damaging homes and public infrastr...- Global warming: From Nepal to Assam to Kerala, nature’s fury is colliding with unchecked developmentThe Himalayan region is facing increasingly frequent and unpredictable extreme weather, with glacier collapses, flash floods and landslides...
- Nepal floods could cost insurers over $130 mln even before death, injury claimsNepal's recent flood may cause over 20 billion Nepali rupees in insured losses. Hydropower projects sustained the most significant damage f...
- Nepal floods could cost insurers over $130 million even before death, injury claimsNepal’s devastating floods could trigger more than 20 billion Nepali rupees ($132.3 million) in commercial insurance losses, with hydropowe...
- Is India prepared for the next Glacial Lake Outburst Flood? Nepal catastrophe brings 200 high-risk lakes in focusNepal’s deadly glacial disaster has renewed scrutiny of India’s preparedness for Glacial Lake Outburst Floods, with around 200 high-risk gl...
- "The scale of damage is so high, it's like a parlay, we cannot imagine": Former National Reconstruction Authority CEO on Nepal floodsNepal grapples with a severe humanitarian crisis after devastating flash floods hit its northern districts. India has swiftly responded by ...
- Government monitoring 2,485 glacial lakes in Himalayan river basins; 56 classified as very high riskThe government said it has classified 56 glacial lakes as "very high risk" based on a scientific assessment carried out in 2025.
- Fortnight-long study begins at 6 high-risk glacial lakes in SikkimA fortnight-long study has been launched to evaluate six high-risk glacial lakes in Sikkim. Conducted by the National Disaster Management A...
- GLOF early warning system takes off; Centre targets 188 critical glacial lakesThe Indian government initiates an early warning system (EWS) for 188 critical lakes in the Indian Himalayan Region prone to glacial lake o...
- Central team to visit flood-hit Sikkim from Sunday to assess damage: Union MoS for Home AffairsAn inter-ministerial central team will visit flood-hit Sikkim to assess the damage caused by the natural calamity. Union Minister Ajay Kuma...
- "If previous government had constructed properly..." Sikkim Chief Minister on hydel dam destroyed in flash floodsSikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang has blamed substandard construction work for the flash floods in Teesta River. He stated that the m...
- Sikkim flash flood: Toll rises to 22, searches on for 103 missing peopleThe death toll from the flash flood in Sikkim's Teesta basin has risen to 22, including seven army personnel. The bodies of seven army men ...
- Sikkim flash floods: Centre approves release of Rs 44.8 crore in fundsThe central government has approved the release of Rs 44.8 crore to Sikkim to help with relief measures following flash floods. The funds w...
- Receding glacier in Sikkim: Experts warned of outburst ten years agoThe paper said that lake area and volume were significant as they defined the amount of water available for an outburst. Studies show the a...
- Rajnath Singh likely to visit Sino-Indian border in UttarakhandThis will be for the first time a senior minister of the Narendra Modi government is visiting the borders with China after the resolution o...
- Connectivity to Sikkim during monsoon a nightmareThe 24X7 maintenance of Border Road Organization is practically no answer to the shape that the road takes during monsoon.
- Monsoon started causing havoc in Sikkim tooLike every monsoon, landslides have come back to its fury disrupting life and economy of entire state of Sikkim.
- World's only Large Cardamom (LC) auction center to go onlineWorld's only auction center of Large Cardamom(LC) at Rangpo in Indian hilly state Sikkin is going online soon to bridge the existing gap be...
- Landslide at Sikkim and Darjeeling hills shatters lifeLike every monsoon, landslides have come back to its fury disrupting life and economy of entire state of Sikkim and Darjeeling hills.
- RBI forms task force to revive UCBs in WBThe Reserve Bank on Wednesday set up a task force for revival of Urban Co-operative Banks (UCBs) in West Bengal as part of its plan to reju...
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