पोूबोंग टी गार्डन में भारी भूस्खलन, पांच वाहन व घर क्षतिग्रस्त; एक मौत

Ground Report From Poobong Tea Garden Major Landslide 5 Vehicle And Houses Damage -1 Death. One of the major landslides of Darjeeling Hills is Poobong Tea Garden where the landslide had taken out the house and 5 vehicles had been covered. The main road 25% had been washed out and it came down toward the village area, by which the big incident happened. The area public says that it is the carelessness of PWD as they had given permission to the Network Company who had taken their cable inside from the road and they didn't reconstruct the road; due to heavy rainfall, the gap was created that led to the major landslide. The sad part is that people in this area are earning their livelihood by driving vehicles during the tourist season, and some run the vehicle daily service from Darjeeling toward Siliguri. The vehicle that runs Darjeeling to Siliguri was totally damaged and it looked like Papad, and the house was also damaged. The area residents left their houses and moved to safe areas. When we entered, JCB had been sent by GTA. Before that, around 50+ area youths started to clear the landslide from houses and also removed vehicles. On the other side of Pooboog, one person died after entering the landslide; his body was recovered yesterday.