North Sikkim was cut off again due to a heavy landslide on the road linking worst-hit Mangan barely hours after it was cleared earlier in the day.
Official sources said the landslide occurred 2 kilometre ahead of Dikchu barely hours after troops and relief teams had opened the road to Mangan, the epicentre of the 6.8 temblor that rocked Sikkim and the northeastern, eastern and northern states.
The army is, however, continuing its search for the bus which went missing with 22 passengers in north Sikkim on Sunday evening.
Defence sources said the bus is expected to be at Tung which lies between Mangan and Chungthan.
Meanwhile, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee reached Sikkim by road from Siliguri at around 3.30 pm accompanied by the Union Minister of State for Shipping Mukul Roy.
She inspected Lumsey, a residential area in the town accompanied by Sikkim Information and Public Relations Minister C B Karki and Lok Sabha MP P B Rai, official sources said.
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