Gangtok, Nov 22 (PTI) Sikkim Chief Secretary R Telang on Saturday directed all departments to reopen the Chungthang-Lachen axis in Sikkim's Mangan district by December.

He issued the directions while chairing a review meeting at the Tashiling secretariat.

"All departments and implementing agencies must work in unison to remove bottlenecks without delay, and ensure that the Chungthang-Lachen axis is reopened by December," he said.

Senior officers of the 27 Mountain Division, BRO, Roads & Bridges and Land Revenue departments, besides the district collectors of Gangtok and Mangan, attended the meeting.

Officials briefed the chief secretary on the progress of road restoration, bridge repairs, and landslide clearance along the Dikchu-Mangan and Chungthang-Lachen stretches, as well as on var

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