Planning Sikkim Trip This Monsoon? Tourist Passes Suspended, What Travellers Must Know

Last Updated:June 03, 2025, 19:59 IST

Floods and landslides in Sikkim have stranded over 100 tourists in Lachen. Tourist passes are suspended. An NDRF helicopter has been deployed. PM Modi assured support.

Amid flood crisis, North Sikkim is out of communication.

As flood situation remains grim in Sikkim, the administration has suspended tourists passes temporarily on Tuesday. Further, Lachen and Lachung have been cut off from the rest of the regions due to multiple landslides in North Sikkim, a notification released by the Sikkim tourism department read.

As North Sikkim grapples with heavy rains, flood and landslides, over a hundred tourists were stranded in Lachen on Tuesday morning. Roads leading to Lachen were closed after a landslide struck the Chhorten army camp in the town. This comes as pre-monsoon rains wreak havoc across North Sikkim.

NDRF Team Arrives in Sikkim

To tackle the disaster, a V5 helicopter, carrying a team of 23 specially trained NDRF personnel, from from Delhi landed at Sikkim’s Pakyong Airport today. These experts, equipped with satellite phones and essential gear, will work in coordination with the local administration to manage the crisis.

Meanwhile, authorities were considering alternative ways to rescue the stranded tourists. The special team will assess all possible options.

Sikkim is facing a flood situation due to extreme rise of water level in Teesta river due to a cloudburst incident in northern part of the state. On the intervening night of May 30-31, the river water level rose by 30-40 feet.

The crisis still had kept North Sikkim is out of communication.

Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma, Sikkim CM Prem Singh Tamang and Manipur Governor Ajay Bhalla on the situation arising due to heavy rainfall and floods in the Northeast region of the country. PM Modi has assured all help and support in time of distress.

Manisha Roy

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