Darjeeling (WB), Oct 5 (PTI) Torrential rains have unleashed widespread devastation across the Darjeeling hills of West Bengal, triggering massive landslides that killed at least seven people and cut off several villages in the region, officials said on Sunday.

One of the major landslides, which struck near the Mirik-Sukhiapokhri road in the Darjeeling subdivision, swept away homes and disrupted vehicular movement, severing communication links with adjoining hamlets, they said.

"At least seven deaths have been reported due to a major landslide in Darjeeling subdivision triggered by heavy rainfall since last night. We don't have the exact figures right now as the rescue and relief work has just started," Darjeeling Sub-Divisional Officer (SDO) Richard Lepcha told PTI.

He said rescue and

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