Gangtok, May 21 -- The Sikkim government on Wednesday imposed travel restrictions on tourists visiting northern district after evacuating hundreds of stranded vacationers following massive landslides triggered by heavy rains, an official notification said.
"Due to landslides at different places on way to Lachen and Lachung, online tourist permits for North Sikkim, will not be issued today. All the advance permits issued for the day stand cancelled, " the notification said.
Over 100 tourist vehicles were standard at Sangklang CWC Road have been diverted to BDO office Passingdang parking area, and some of them routed to Lingdong in northern terrain district There have been reports from SDM Dzongu (north) of multiple minor blockages till Pp...