Deep Gazmer, TNN Sep 28, 2011, 03.36am IST
DARJEELING: West Bengal governor M K Narayanan on Tuesday arrived in the Hills to take stock of the relief measures that have been undertaken after the September 18 earthquake damaged properties worth crores and killed six people.
On his way to Darjeeling, the governor visited Giddeypahar in Kurseong and met the affected people there. The 6.8 magnitude earthquake had brought down two buildings at Giddeypahar.
In Darjeeling, Narayanan first visited the district hospital and inquired about the patients. He inspected the fourth floor of the hospital that had developed cracks. The governor asked the chief medical officer whether any patient was hurt or medical equipment had been damaged in the earthquake.
Being aware of the fact that patients had ran away from the hospital on the night of the earthquake, the governor asked, "Has the patients who had run away returned?" S Bhowmick, the Darjeeling district chief medical officer of health, informed the governor that 59 people injured in the earthquake had been admitted at various government hospitals in the Hills region and that six had died.
Later in the day, Narayanan visited Lebong Cart Road, where a massive landslide devoured a 30-metre stretch on the road late Sunday night. The northern parts of Darjeeling have remained cut off since then as all vehicular movement along the road has been suspended.
The army has taken the responsibility to construct a bridge to facilitate movement of vehicles.
The governor will visit Kalimpong on Wednesday. He will then return to Kolkata and submit his report to the state government on the situation in the Hills.
Source: http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-09-28/kolkata/30212125_1_west-bengal-governor-magnitude-earthquake-relief-work