Landslide disrupts road leading to Bhotkhola

The monsoon rain-induced landslide has disrupted the road leading to Bhotkhola in Sankhuwasabha district.

North-South Road Office chief Engineer Gautam Kumar Shrestha informed the road section leading to Bhotkhola rural municipality from district headquarters Khandbari has been obstructed following landslides at Makalu rural municipality-3, Sammatar along the North-South road section.

Shrestha further informed the landslides that took place at Sammatar and Urwa of Makalu-3 along the North-South road section has put the road out of order.

With the disruption, the road connectivity with Bhotkhola rural municipality has been snapped. As there is no let-up of rain it cannot be explicitly stated when the traffic will resume along the road, he added.

Landslides have caused damages in various places of Sankhuwasabha. A person was seriously injured when the rain-induced landslide buried a house at Khandbari municipality-6, Tallo Pangtha.

Shanti Bahadur Khatry of Khandbari-6 sustained injuries when the landslide buried his house at 3.00 am on Tuesday. He was recovered from the landslide debris and taken to the district hospital Khandbari, informed Khandbari-6 ward chair, Dayanidhi Baral.