Overview
- On a follow‑up tour, the chief minister visited Mirik, met grieving families, and handed out ₹5 lakh ex‑gratia along with Home Guard appointment letters to next of kin.
- She reaffirmed ₹1.2 lakh assistance for houses fully damaged in the disaster and ordered surveys to rebuild structures washed away by landslides and flash floods.
- Connectivity repairs advanced with most roads cleared and temporary bridges at Mirik and Dudhia slated to restore links within days.
- Banerjee blamed inflows from Bhutan for exacerbating flooding, demanded compensation, and said Bengal officers will attend Oct. 16 river talks to push for state representation.
- The state announced special awards for firefighters, SDRF, police, engineers and doctors involved in rescues, as preliminary counts note 30‑plus deaths and major housing losses, with the GTA pegging damages near ₹950 crore.