India, Oct. 30 -- Parts of the Dooars region in North Bengal were placed on alert on Friday following reports of a glacial lake outburst in Bhutan, state officials familiar with the matter said.

The scale of the outburst and its potential impact downstream were not immediately known. According to Bhutanese media reports, the outburst occurred at Shintaphu glacial lake, located below Wakila Mountain in Gasa district. The Bhutan Broadcasting Service (BBS) reported that people had been asked to move to safer locations.

Shintaphu Lake is considered one of Bhutan's potentially dangerous glacial lakes.

In West Bengal, authorities were closely monitoring areas along the Sankosh River in the Dooars, including Kumargram in Alipurduar district, ...