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West Bengal’s Darjeeling district : A spell of heavy rain triggered a landslide

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A spell of heavy rain triggered a landslide in West Bengal’s Darjeeling district, damaging a stretch of the main road linking Rimbik and Lodhama areas in the hills and affecting traffic flow.

No casualty was reported in the incident on Sunday afternoon.

The landslide heavily damaged the newly-constructed road stretch redeveloped recently at a cost of Rs 20 crore.

The district administration had begun repair work on the link road from Monday morning.