New Delhi, Wednesday, September 21, 2011: Three days after the devastating earthquake, Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi will be in Sikkim on Wednesday. Gandhi will be heading to affected areas across Gangtok to meet victims and their families.

He was scheduled to make a trip to Meghalaya on Wednesday for a public meeting of Youth Congress membership but changed his plan to include this visit.

Gandhi will now visit Gangtok on Wednesday morning before attending the scheduled Youth Congress meeting in Meghalaya.

Sources said that the AICC general secretary will visit the State Capital at 9 am in the morning and meet the earthquake victims lodged in hospitals and homes.

His Youth Congress membership meeting is scheduled at 11:30 am at Mini Stadium, Ampathi in West Garo Hills District of Meghalaya.

The death toll in Sunday’s powerful temblor has shot up to 82, 68 in India, including 53 in Sikkim, while more than 3,000 people have been rescued in quake-hit areas of Sikkim by defence forces so far.

(News agency)