Tsering Dhundup
DHARAMSHALA, Oct. 6: Two Tibetan households in the Pokhriabong area of Darjeeling sustained damage after trees toppled onto their homes during heavy rainfall and landslides that struck the hill district last Saturday evening.
While no Tibetan casualties were reported from scattered settlements in Darjeeling, Mirik, and Pokhriabong, the wider region has been left reeling from one of the deadliest landslides in a decade, which has so far claimed at least 24 lives at the time of reporting.
The landslides, triggered on Saturday evening after relentless downpours, swept away houses, bl...





