Area : 7400 Sq.km Capital : Gangtok Altitude: 5,840 ft Population: 6.10
Lakhs Topography: Hilly terrain elevation
from 600 ft. to over 28,509 ft above sea
level Climate: Summer
Max- 21°C ; Min - 13°C Winter
Max -13°C ; Min - 0.48°C Rainfall : 325 cm per annum
Language Spoken: Nepali, Bhutia, Lepcha,
Tibetan, English, Hindi
Teesta Stage V to resume
power generation from today
After one
and half months of shutdown,
the Teesta Stage V power
project at Singtam will
resume its production from
tomorrow.
The 510 MW power project,
which was commissioned early
this year, had run into
trouble due to the flooding
of the Teesta River near the
dam site in Dikchu and the
protective walls of the
reservoir loosening. Power
generation has stopped since
the reservoir got filled
with the unprecedented
amount of silt and flood
materials.
The power house had been
shut down as it posed danger
to the residents of Dikchu
Bazaar.
