The World - News from May 30, 1986

More than 3,000 tourists trapped in the strikebound resort of Darjeeling in eastern India were evacuated in government buses as normal traffic resumed for the first time since Sunday. Paramilitary police patrolled the Himalayan tourist resort, hit five days ago by a strike of militant Gurkha inhabitants campaigning for autonomy in their region of West Bengal. Bus service had been halted and hotels were running short of water, prompting the evacuation. The tourists, including 200 foreigners, were stranded after Gurkhas rioted in the nearby town of Kurseong on Sunday to demand the release of supporters arrested during an earlier strike.