Rains cause damage in Hills

SNS &  KalimNews, Kurseong, 15 October: Incessant rains accompanied by strong winds since 13 October night have caused damages in the Kurseong sub-division in the Hills. 

It is learnt that a house belonging to a BPL family at Lower Dumaram Busty in ward number 5 of the Kurseong municipality was damaged as a tree crashed on its tinned roof last night. 

Kaludas Darjee, (62), the owner of the house, said the tree had fallen on the roof around 10:30 p.m. when they were asleep. 

“Three of us escaped death almost by the skin of our teeth,” he said. The torrential rains triggered landslides at Mongpong in the Kalimpong sub-division on Tuesday morning closing the NH31 in between the Coronation bridge and Mongpong. 

However the road was cleared and the traffic restored in the afternoon.