The Sikkim earthquake measuring 6.9 on the Richter scale on Sunday
claimed two lives in the Darjeeling district of West Bengal along with 2
in Sikkim, 2 in Bihar and 5 in Nepal. With cell phone and landline
services coming to a standstill in the entire Hills and adjoining areas,
communication
became a next to impossible task. People spent hours trying frantically
to contact their near and dear ones. The Hills were plunged into darkness with electricity being cut off.
Saumitra Mohan,
District Magistrate, Darjeeling talking to HT stated " There are reports
of one Pushpa Agarwal losing her life in Kalimpong with debris falling
on her from a building under construction. There are reports of many
areas having sunk, roads and walls having caved in and cracks in
buildings. We are trying to access the situation."
Unconfirmed
reports stated that one Arjun Bishwakarma had lost his life from a rock
having crashed upon him in Doodhey under the Kurseong sub division.
There were reports of people suffering minor injuries mostly caused by
stampedes during the earthquake (trying to rush out of the buildings.)
In many buildings in the town glass panes were shattered, crockery
tumbled out from the kitchen shelves. People preferred to remain
outdoors, the fear of aftershocks emerging more prominent that the
constant rains.
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