India, April 25 -- Around 1,000 tourists in Lachen and Lachung, two high-altitude hill stations in north Sikkim, continue to be stranded due to landslides in the region since Thursday, a senior district police officer said on Friday.

Mangan superintendent of police (SP) Sonam Detchu Bhutia said about 1,500 more tourists, whose vehicles were stranded on the road due to the landslides, were accommodated in nearby villages on Thursday night, and were rescued on Friday. They spent the night in places such as the police station, gurudwara, Indo-Tibetan Border Police camp and in some cases, were hosted by local villagers.

"They were taken out on Friday morning and have already left for Gangtok," Bhutia told HT.

The district police chief said...