Darjeeling: “Hills are falling from above while water below has reached our doors. Where do we go?” asks Kusumlata Gupta of Geilkhola in West Bengal, a small roadside village on National Highway 10 (NH 10), tucked between the Teesta River and mountains through which Tunnel 7 of the Sevoke-Rangpo project goes.
...Under-construction Sevoke-Rangpo rail project triggers ecological concerns
The project, a 45-km long line, will connect Sikkim with India’s railway network for the first time and bring it under the ambit of the Northeast Frontier Railway.