Gangtok, Jun 26 (PTI): Vehicles travelling between Sikkim and Siliguri city of West Bengal have been diverted through alternative routes due to landslides on National Highway 10 at Sevoke, officials said. The Darjeeling superintendent of police, in a communication to the Kalimpong counterpart on Thursday, called for diverting all vehicles travelling between Siliguri and Sikkim via the Moonsong-Gorubathan route. Vehicles may also subsequently be routed through the Coronation Bridge-Mongpong-Gajoldoba corridor, depending on traffic conditions, it said.
Vehicular movement on NH-10 had remained “severely affected” throughout Thursday due to a major landslide, forcing authorities to repeatedly halt and divert traffic to facilitate debris-clearance operations, it said.
Although the highway was temporarily reopened after clearance work, the situation remains precarious. “The affected road was cleared and traffic movement was restored for a brief period. However, fresh landslides involving small boulders and debris are continuing to occur, indicating that the slope remains unstable,” the official communication said.
It further warned that the condition poses “a serious risk to commuters” and makes the immediate restoration of normal traffic movement impossible.
“The diversion is requested for immediate implementation in the interest of commuter safety and to facilitate uninterrupted debris-clearing operations,” the SP said in the communication.
Authorities have urged motorists to strictly follow traffic advisories and cooperate with the police until normal movement on NH-10 is fully restored.
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