
Sikkim: Around 1 AM, people were suddenly awakened by police sirens. They couldn’t understand what was happening. The police were saying that the water level in the river was rising. Immediately evacuate your homes and move upstairs,” the police urged, waking everyone up. Somehow, Meera, an elderly woman, managed to take her daughter-in-law and children with her. In the darkness of the night, they left everything behind and somehow made it here,” says Meera with tears in her eyes.