Just in: Traffic on the Siliguri-Bagdogra highway has been restored. At least 23 people died and over hundred were injured in Sikkim after the powerful earthquake left a trail of devastation in the Himalayan state, making relief work difficult due to landslides and road blockages, officials said. Another eight persons, who were travelling in a bus of Teesta Urja Limited Company in north district, are presumed to be dead after their vehicle got stuck under the debris.

 Deploying 2500 troops and 84 columns, the Army has launched 'Operation Madad' in the state, he said. "Around 44 columns are working in Sikkim, another 15 in the east district of state. We are also sending teams to
Darjeeling and Kalimpong," he said. Two districts, west and south, remain inaccessible for the Army so far and no relief work has reached these areas.