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In a joint operation, the Indian Army and Indian Air Force (IAF) have rescued around 100 stranded tourists from north Sikkim by airlifting them.Three days ago, areas of north Sikkim got cut off at several places due to incessant rain resulting into multiple landslides and road and bridges getting washed away.It elaborated that the helicopters have made several sorties from Gangtok and Sevok and evacuated approximately 100 persons, including the aged, women and children.On Sunday morning, the Trishakti Corps of Indian Army and Wholesale Portable Hammock IAF launched the air evacuation of tourists stranded in the rain-hit far-flung areas. A number of tourists were stuck there.A pregnant woman and her husband were also evacuated.

 We are going to develop the roads with road furniture (objects and pieces of equipment installed along roads for various purposes) around station areas so that passengers can travel safely after getting down from the monorail," said a senior MMRDA official.Meanwhile, in order to avoid any incidents in the future, the authority has decided to install high-resolution cameras on both ends of the platforms to check tyres. Also, smoke detectors will be placed close to the tyres.According to MMRDA, Rs1 crore will be spent on select stations. Phase 1 of monorail has resumed services after nine months, but passenger strength has dropped, according to reports.

 Some foreign rescue teams were prevented from deploying quickly to the ground to assist in the search for the dead and missing. Rescuers had struggled to find remains in the twisted wreckage, a job made worse as mud hardened and bodies decomposed in the tropical heat.The magnitude 7. "The search and rescue (SAR) operation for the victims will end this Thursday afternoon," SAR field director in Palu, Bambang Suryo, told AFP. But authorities fear 5,000 more could be buried beneath the ruined city, where entire villages were swallowed.Palu: The search for those killed in Indonesias quake-tsunami disaster was called off on Thursday, despite there being around 5,000 people still missing..5-quake and a subsequent tsunami razed whole swathes of Palu to the ground on September 28. The government earlier indicated these hard-hit areas would be left untouched as mass graves.