Gangtok, Oct 30: After one month of the Glacial Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF) that led to disaster in Sikkim, but now the connectivity to Namchi district from Gangtok has started through the deck dlab on the barrage of Teesta Stage VI Hydro Electricity Power Dam of NHPC located in Sirwani in Namchi district.
The timing of traffic movement om the deck slab of the barrage are as follows 9 pm to 9 am open, 9 am to 1 pm closed, 1 pm to 2 pm open, 2 pm to 5 pm closed, 5 pm to 7 pm closed, 7 pm to 9 pm closed.
The Superintendent of Police Gangtok and Namchi had come out with order for regulation and diversion of the said route.
Namchi District Magistrate M Bharani Kumar said that following the flashflood of October 4, the LD Kazi Bridge located at Sirwani was washed away.
“Following the washing away of the LD Kazi bridge the connectivity of East District with South District was disrupted,” Kumar stated.
Kumar said, “The work on connectivity of the two districts was initiated since October 4 itself. It took almost 25 days to complete. On October 29, the Namchi district administration carried out trial run along the deck slab, after successful run of the trial the same was opened for public. The deck slab connectivity would only be used to ferry Light Motor Vehicle whereas for emergency vehicles the same will be made operational. There is timing for operation of the vehicles along the deck slab at Stage VI HEP of NHPC following the construction of the dam site too”.
He went on to appeal the general mass to comply to the timings of the functioning of the deck slab. Kumar informed.
“The NHPC would be also laying a bailey bridge at Sirwani for perennial movement of vehicles connecting Gangtok with Namchi District which would take atleast 4 months time, until then the deck slab of NHPC Stage VI HEP barrage would be made operational,” he said.
Over 70 people dead in the Sikkim disaster which was triggered by glacial burst on the South Lhonak lake.
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