Army jawans on the way to repair the damage road at Toong area in North Sikkim on Friday,23 September 2011, after a 6.9-magnitude earthquake hit the region 18 September 2011. Rescue teams backed by army sappers using explosives tried to force their way to the remote epicentre of a powerful Himalayan earthquake that killed 67 people in India, Nepal and Tibet. Before the grim search for more victims can even begin, the main challenge is to reach the isolated, mountainous impact zone on the border between India"s northeastern Sikkim state and Nepal after the quake
Photographer: Bhaskar Mallick
Tags: EarthQuakeSikkimManganArmyLandslide
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