On 26 May 2026, severe traffic congestion was reported near Zero Point in North Sikkim after a massive tourist rush led to long queues of vehicles along the Yumthang Valley route. Multiple reports confirmed that hundreds of tourist vehicles were stranded on the narrow mountain roads as travellers flocked to the high-altitude destination to escape rising temperatures in the plains. The congestion occurred on the route through Lachung in Mangan district, with reports linking the surge in visitors to the ongoing summer tourism boom and restricted access to Gurudongmar Lake after earlier landslide damage in the region. #sikkim