An inter-ministerial central team will visit flood-ravaged Sikkim from Sunday to assess the damage due to the natural calamity, Union Minister Ajay Kumar Mishra said .
Mishra, the union minister of state for home affairs, arrived here on Saturday for a two-day visit to the Himalayan state. He said the Centre has been monitoring the flood situation in Sikkim and assured the state administration of all necessary support and assistance.
Meanwhile , The mortal remains of eight Army personnel, who were part of a group of soldiers that went missing following flash floods in Sikkim, have been recovered, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said in a PTI report.
Twenty-three Army personnel went missing in Sikkim after a cloudburst triggered massive flash floods in the Teesta river on Wednesday. One soldier was rescued later that day.
Deeply pained by the tragic loss of precious lives including eight Army personnel in the recent flash floods arising out of glacial lake burst in Sikkim.
Out of the 23 missing soldiers, one was rescued while mortal remains of eight brave soldiers were recovered. Their…
— Rajnath Singh (@rajnathsingh) October 7, 2023
In a post on X, Singh said he is deeply pained by the tragic loss of precious lives, including eight Army personnel, in the flash floods.
