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As soon as the weather improved a little, the work of bringing down the stranded tourists started. The army removed the thick blanket of snow by lowering ‘ice cutter’ machines on the road along Dongkia-la in North Sikkim. Work is underway to bring down tourists stranded at Lachen to Gangtok. According to Mangan district administration sources, those tourists are being dropped through Dongkia-La, Shiv Mandir, Zero Point, Yumthang, Lachung. The Chungthang-Lachen road in Taramchu was cut off by a landslide in the early hours of Sunday morning. Eight hundred tourists were stuck there. They were stuck in Lachen for more than two days. Due to the collapse of the road, a temporary bamboo bridge has been constructed to bring down the tourists.

The tourists from Lachen were divided into several groups to ensure a smooth rescue operation that began this morning in the remote terrain. Mangan District Magistrate Anant Jain, Superintendent of Police LB Chhetri, Chungthang SDM Arun Chhetri and Chungthang SDPO Chandan Chhetri are supervising the rescue operation. Alternative roads through Lachen, Dongkia-la, Lachung were covered by a thick layer of snow till Tuesday. As the snowfall continued, the army was forced to stop the snow removal operation. Desperate, the Sikkim administration plans to construct a temporary bamboo bridge at Taramchu to rescue tourists stranded in Lachen in North Sikkim.

Mangan District Magistrate Anant Jain said that the district administration has constructed a temporary bamboo bridge at Taramchu with the help of locals to facilitate the rescue work. Where the road has been cut off by landslides. Mangan District Magistrate inspected and tested the temporary bridge near Taramchu Bridge on Tuesday. After receiving the final security clearance, the administration will start the rescue work on that route. Meanwhile, the army and the Border Road Organization started the operation to remove the ice sheet again after the sky cleared on Wednesday. From Lachen to Dongkia-la, through Shiva temple, the rescue operation of tourists started to make the road passable.