Gangtok, Jun 7 (PTI) A helicopter, carrying 1,300 kg of relief materials for army personnel and civilians, took off from the Pakyong airport here on Saturday for landslide-hit Chaten in north Sikkim, officials said.

The MI-17 helicopter with five officials of the Food and Civil Supplies Department on board left the airport this morning and will return with some army personnel from there, they said.

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Several helicopters were deployed to rescue more than 140 stranded tourists from Chaten after multiple landslides, triggered by heavy rain, had disrupted road connectivity in north Sikkim.

A landslide in Chaten on June 1 had claimed the lives of three soldiers, while four others were injured and six more went missing.

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Efforts are underway to locate the missing persons.

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