Another landslip in Darjeeling, camp people returning home

Another landslip occurred in Darjeeling district even as people are returning home from relief camps where they had taken shelter following landslides since July 1 which claimed lives of 40 people.

Disaster management department officials on Sunday said the landslip occurred near Kalijhora last evening but there was no house in that spot and no casualty or injury was reported. Meanwhile, people who had taken shelter in the three relief camps in Tingling and <g data-gr-id="16">Lamagaon</g> villages following the landslides are gradually returning home, the officials said. Around 200-250 families have been sheltered in those camps and now only those whose houses have been completely destroyed are staying in the camps, they said.

The Gorkha Territorial Administration has informed the central government about the damages in the three hill subdivisions of the district - Darjeeling, Kalimpong and Kurseong - caused by the landslides, said Kalimpong MLA <g data-gr-id="13">Harkha</g> Bahadur Chhetri.