Tat Spacio accident: Search operation still unsuccessful

 Kalimpong, January 23: After 6 days of the fateful Tata Spacio accident returning from Triveni Mela, the missing people are still not found. Soon after the incident, the Rafting Rescue team recovered 6 dead bodies and on Sunday another body was recovered. Until now 7 dead bodies have been found and the rest 9 remains untraced. The rafting team is on their tips and toes every day, but their search operation results unsuccessful. 

The closing of the 29th Mile Hydro Project Dam has become one of the major hindrances to the search operation. As per Sukhbir Tamang, rafter and President of the River Rafting Association, the closing of the dam has caused rise and stagnation in water level which is not allowing them to search properly. Though, the deceased are from the Sikkim state, till now no agencies or administrations from Sikkim are helping in the search operation. The locals keeping in mind the increasing number of accidents had demanded for construction of a security wall along the NH31A.