Offices in Sikkim Relocated due to Damage in Secretariat

Owing to the damage of the Tashiling Secretariat in the recent earthquake of
18th Sepetember 2011,the following offices has been relocated under:

SL.NO	OFFICES	RELOCATED AT
1.	Home Department	State Guest House, Bhanu Path
2.	HRDD	DIET Building, Palace Road
3.	Law Department	Palace Guest House, Near Tashiling
4.	CM’s Office	Samman Bhawan, Mintogang Gate
5.	DOPART	Community Hall, Development Area
6.	Culture	Community Hall, Development Area
7.	Land Revenue & Disaster Management Department	Community Hall, Development Area
8.	Development Planning Economic Reforms & NEC Affairs Department	Community Hall, Development Area
9.	Finance Department	Community Hall, Development Area

Source: www.sikkim.gov.in 

Sikkim Earthquake Helpline Numbers and Informations.

Sikkim was badly hit by 6.8 ricter scale magnitude earthquake in the evening of 18th of September 2011 along with various aftershocks.As per the latest informations[19/09/2011::8 pm] it is known that there are more than 40 death and more than 200 injured.This quake is one of largest in past two decade in the north-eastern part of India.Amongst all other state,Sikkim is badly hit.There is no electricity in almost all the places in Sikkim,no mobile networks,no landline(except few BSNL landlines working now and Airtel mobile network is working in some places),its raining heavily and roads are blocked in many places between various towns.Official information says 1000 of building collapsed and lakhs have got cracks.Even the Secretariat building in Gangtok has got crack in it.Offical holiday for 3 days is declared in Sikkim.In the afternoon today NH31A National Highway,which connects Sikkim to rest of India is open.

The north district is worst affected with maximum casualties and injuries.Mangan is the headquarter of North District.The places worst affected as per official information are Chungthang,Lachung,Dikchu,Jangu etc.Geyzing is also affected.But the real ground level senario is not known to people and officials as of now.The disaster relief team from Delhi had arrived to Siliguri,but because of bad weather only two choppers(each of capacity 10) could reach the affected area.The team consists of some Doctors and it is known that basic food is being provided to the victims.Many relief teams got stuck because of road block due to landslide in various places.

In the late evening,helpline number was set by Govt. of Sikkim.The central Helpline number in Sikkim is: 03592-221566(This is Situated in Gangtok.).There is separate helpline number for North Sikkim i.e. +919434741997.Both the numbers are working fine as of now.

Important contact Numbers:

Sikkim Helpline Number:03592-221566
North Sikkim Helpline Number: +919434741997
West Bengal Helpline Number: 033-22143230
North Sikkim DC's Number:03592234234
North Sikkim ADC's Number:03592234438(Prabhakaran Verma)
Road Status: www.sikkimroads.net
BRO Director(Road):+919434062765