Overview

• After inspecting hard-hit areas, District Magistrate Preeti Goyal said reconstruction will begin shortly as PWD engineers have examined the Pulbazar bridge and road work to Thaneline is underway.
• The GTA launched a land identification drive in Mirik’s tea-garden belts, and estate managers agreed in principle to provide plots once administrative formalities are completed.
• Compiling verified beneficiary lists is still delayed because several affected locations remain inaccessible to survey teams.
• Local representatives pressed for resources, including a request to tap MPLAD funds, while Assam leaders sent eight truckloads of relief materials.
• The October 4 disaster left over 20 dead and destroyed more than 500 houses in Darjeeling district, with multiple bridges and homes severely damaged.