No End To This: Now The World’s Third Highest Peak, Kangchenjunga, Is Visible From West Bengal’s Siliguri

This just doesn’t seem to end. And we are not complaining.

Over the months, ever since the lockdown has been announced, a whole lot of mountain ranges across the county have become visible to the human eyes from over 200-km afar. From Gangotri Range visible from Uttar Pradesh’s Saharanpur to Dhauldhar range in Himachal Pradesh visible from Punjab to Pir Panjal range visible from Srinagar there has been so much to behold.

And all this is due to a dip in air pollution over the months. Coming back to the story, this time, the world’s third-highest peak, Kangchenjunga, is now visible from West Bengal.

A picture of Kangchenjunga – also spelled Kanchenjunga was posted by Twitter user @mundhrashish. In the picture, the user mentions how the mountain is now clearly visible from his home in Siliguri and it looks absolutely mesmerising. 

Kangchenjunga, the 3rd highest mountain in the world can be seen clearly from Siliguri now.
Shot by Dad from our home. pic.twitter.com/1YGCZ1Xc4M

— Ashish Mundhra (@mundhrashish) April 29, 2020

Twitter users joined in to say a word or two about the mesmerising view:

I’m sure he is still watching. pic.twitter.com/cZYPh0m35v

— atentoalpiojo (@atentoalpiojo) May 1, 2020

Thanks for the post! Reminds me of my childhood spent in Siliguri (College para) .. on crisp autumn days we, too, could spot the outline from the kitchen window of our home. Some of the best times were spent in that house. 🙂

— raka banerjee (@_Raka_B) April 30, 2020

Also Read: Watch: Delivery Guy Breaks Down After A Customer Orders Birthday Cake For Him

Yes. Always wondrous to see the mountains.

— Uma Mahadevan (@readingkafka) May 1, 2020

That is a beautiful sight !
I remember the blue ‘wall of hills’. Going up from NJP towards Darjeeling, that would be clearly visible as soon as we left Siliguri behind. And add to the feeling that yes, we are going up into the mountains.

— Nandini C (@nandinic11) April 30, 2020

And it looks beautiful

— nested_if (@Insaneinsaan4) April 30, 2020

This kind of pics is lesson for us..that how much we play with this Earth

— mahiendar (@mahiendar) April 30, 2020

In recent days, people have got to behold a lot of such mesmerising sceneries from different parts of the country. Have a look:

1. Recently, people in Srinagar woke up to a phenomenal view of the Pir Panjal range that lies in Jammu and Kashmir.

2. People in Jalandhar woke to a view of the Dhauldhar range that rests in Himachal Pradesh and its neighbouring states.

What nature was..
And what we had done to it?

This is Dhauladhar mountain range of Himachal , seen after 30 years, from Jalandhar(Punjab) after pollution drops to the lowest level in 30 years. This is approx. 200 km away straight.

Sent by a friend. Don’t know if true? pic.twitter.com/CMPj6qVmjx

— Susanta Nanda IFS (@susantananda3) April 3, 2020

3. Recently, the Gangotri range in Uttarakhand was visible from UP’s Saharanpur.

Snow capped peaks of Himalaya are now visible from Saharnpur !
Lockdown and intermittent rains have significantly improved the AQI. These pictures were taken by Dushyant, an Income Tax inspector, from his house at Vasant Vihar colony on Monday evening. #lockdowneffect #nature pic.twitter.com/1vFfJqr05J

— Ramesh Pandey (@rameshpandeyifs) April 29, 2020

Also Read: After Pillow Challenge, Shopping Bag Challenge Has Got Influencers Hiding Behind A Shopping Bag