Overview

• GTA teams are identifying relocation sites in Mirik and nearby tea estates, with estate managers agreeing in principle to allocate plots once paperwork is completed and demarcation is done.
• An emergency GTA Sabha is formally scheduled for October 14 in Darjeeling to decide relief and rehabilitation measures following the October 4 deluge.
• District officials inspected the damaged Pulbazar bridge and said road restoration to Thaneline is underway, with reconstruction to begin shortly according to the district magistrate.
• Relief operations continue across the hills and plains, including food distribution and Female Hygiene Counters supplying sanitary items and iron and folic acid tablets in shelters.
• Calls for resources have expanded, with a GTA member urging use of MPLAD funds and MP Raju Bista acknowledging eight truckloads of relief sent from Assam alongside additional local appeals.