1. Over 140 people are still missing, and thousands have been displaced. The Sikkim government has reported that 1,173 houses have been severely damaged and 2,413 people have been rescued. All bridges downstream to the Teesta-V hydropower station have been submerged or washed out, disrupting communication to North Sikkim.

2. Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang chaired a high-level meeting yesterday to chalk out rescue, relief, and restoration strategies. Priority has been given to opening the road connectivity up to Chungthang, while the road from Naga to Toong will be constructed subject to the availability of land as soon as possible. Compensation of Rs 4 lakh has been announced for the families of those who have been killed.

3. Sikkim authorities are prioritising reopening road connectivity to Chungthang and building the road from Naga to Toong subject to land availability. Throughout the day, officers from different departments met with the Chief Secretary to update him on the status of road connectivity, relief and rehabilitation, and rescue operations.

4. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted light to moderate rainfall in most places in Mangan district over the next five days, with generally cloudy to overcast skies in Lachen and Lachung. This makes airlifting over 3,000 stranded tourists challenging.

5. The Indian Air Force (IAF) has reported that multiple attempts to carry out rescue and relief operations with Mi-17 helicopters have been unsuccessful for the past two days due to bad weather, low cloud cover, and low visibility in the Lachen and Lachung valleys. The aerial rescue operations are expected to resume early morning today if the weather permits.

6. Flash floods cloudburst have ravaged the northeastern state, affecting over 25,000 people, damaging nearly 1,200 homes, and destroying 13 bridges. Rescue workers have saved 2,413 people so far, but 6,875 people remain displaced and are sheltering in 22 relief camps across the state, which is largely cut off from the rest of the country.

7. A glacial lake burst triggered flash floods and released water from Chungthang Dam, drastically increasing the water level of the Teesta River on Wednesday morning, causing widespread devastation in the picturesque Himalayan state.

8. “Road connectivity between the districts has been cut off and bridges have been washed away. Communication in North Sikkim has been severely affected,” Chief Minister Tamang said, blaming “inferior construction” by previous state governments for the destruction of the Chungthang Dam.

9. On Friday, NDTV learnt that a Parliamentary Committee had flagged a severe shortage of meteorological and monitoring stations in the Himalayan regions. On March 29, Sikkim was told in Parliament that it has 694 glacial lakes and eight flood forecasting stations, three for water levels and five for inflows.

10. Home Minister Amit Shah has approved the release of Rs 44.8 crore in advance from the central share of the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) to provide relief to people affected by the floods. The Home Ministry has also formed an Inter-Ministerial Central Team (IMCT) to visit the affected areas and assess the damage.

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1. The Sikkim government has issued another glacial lake burst alert and has urged tourists to delay their travel plans due to the risk of explosives and ammunition washed away from an army camp in the recent flash floods. Shako Cho lake near Lachen is at risk of bursting, and authorities have begun evacuating residents from the surrounding area.

2. “Around 3,000 people are stranded in Lachen and Lachung. 3,150 people who have gone there on motorcycles are also stuck due to the floods. We will evacuate all with helicopters of Army and Air Force,” said Sikkim Chief Secretary Vijay Bhushan Pathak.

3. A glacial lake burst in the upper reaches of Sikkim triggered flash floods and a glacial lake outburst, releasing water from Chungthang Dam and drastically increasing the water level of the Teesta River Wednesday morning, causing widespread devastation in the Himalayan state.

4. Four people have died and 17 are missing in Mangan district, while five people have died and 22 are missing in Gangtok. Ten people, including six soldiers, have died in Pakyong district, and 59 people remain missing.

5. The Army has been searching extensively for the 16 soldiers missing since Wednesday morning while troops of the Trishakti Corps are providing medical aid and telephone connectivity to civilians and tourists stranded in the affected areas of Chungthang, Lachung, and Lachen in North Sikkim.

6. The government-owned hydropower company NHPC is doing everything it can to quickly reopen its hydropower plants, as the ministry watches closely what is happening in the Teesta basin after the flash floods. The Power Ministry said it will conduct a thorough assessment of the damage to hydropower projects in Sikkim once the floodwaters recede.

7. Flash floods on the night of October 3-4 submerged or washed away all bridges downstream of the Teesta-V hydropower station, up to Tarkhola and Pamphok. The Teesta-V hydropower station is currently out of service and not generating electricity. The NHPC has safely evacuated all staff from its projects and relocated them to safer areas.

8. A glacial lake burst over Lhonak Lake in North Sikkim caused a flash flood in the Teesta River, sweeping away power infrastructure at Chungthang Dam and inundating downstream towns and villages with a massive surge of water.

9. Flash floods destroyed 11 bridges in Sikkim, including eight in Mangan district, two in Namchi, and one in Gangtok. The floods also damaged water pipelines, sewage lines, and 277 houses in four districts. NDRF platoons in North Sikkim are on standby to evacuate local residents.

10. “Our dedicated teams are working day and night to address the immediate concerns and challenges posed by this calamity. I urge the administration, local authorities, all organisations, and individuals to join hands in a spirit of solidarity and cooperation,” Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang said.

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