Chaten army camp landslide
At about 7 pm on 1 June 2025, a landslide hit an army camp at Chaten near Lachen in Mangan district. Three soldiers died, six were missing, and heavy rain and difficult conditions slowed the search.
Life-Safety Intelligence for IndiaMangan is the headquarters of Mangan district in North Sikkim, a small hill town at about 950 metres on the road to Lachen and Lachung. This guide puts the emergency numbers, the fire station and the main local risks on one page, with dated examples from the district.
Checked 15 Nov 2026 Incidents update automatically. Emergency card for the fridge or your phone112: Sikkim's single emergency number (ERSS) for police, fire, health and disaster calls · 101: Listed as the fire emergency number on the Sikkim fire service page. If it does not connect, call 112 · 112: No opened official page prints 108 for Sikkim. Dial 112 for an ambulance · 100: Listed as the police number by the state disaster authority. Also reachable through 112
Print the Mangan emergency card for the fridge or the front door, and cut out the wallet cards. It holds 112, 101, the ambulance and police numbers, and the Mangan fire, disaster and civic numbers from this guide. There are blank lines for your family contacts and the nearest hospital.
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Checked 15 November 2026. Numbers can change; re-check them before you rely on them.
At about 7 pm on 1 June 2025, a landslide hit an army camp at Chaten near Lachen in Mangan district. Three soldiers died, six were missing, and heavy rain and difficult conditions slowed the search.
After midnight on 4 October 2023, the South Lhonak glacial lake overflowed in North Sikkim and a flood raced down the Teesta valley, with at least 31 people killed and nearly 100 missing in early reports. Eleven bridges in the Lachen valley were washed away and nearly 3,000 tourists were stranded.
The state disaster authority says automatic weather stations are being installed at South Lhonak and Sako Chu glacial lakes in North Sikkim. They are meant to send real time data to a central monitoring system and early warning systems.
The magnitude 6.9 earthquake of 18 September 2011 was centred in the Kanchenjunga area near the Nepal and Sikkim border. About 60 people were reportedly killed in Sikkim, and Mangan was among the smaller towns that recorded strong shaking of intensity VI.
1 stations. Tap Call to ring the station office.
| Station | Area | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Fire Station, Mangan | Mangan · Below DAC Complex, Phentok | Call03592-234266 |
Station names and numbers are from the Sikkim Police fire service page, updated 15 November 2026. In an emergency, call 112 or 101 first; station lines are office numbers.
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