Seven road sections fully obstructed due to monsoon-induced disasters

Kathmandu: The flooding and landslides caused due to rains in different parts of the country have fully disrupted seven road sections.

According to the Police Headquarters, different road sections in Sankhuwasabha, Kavre, Sindhupalchowk, Dolpa, Rukum Paschim, Jajarkot and Bajura districts were completely blocked after the rain-induced disasters.

Spokesperson of Nepal Police, Deputy Inspector General Binod Ghimire, said the Koshi Highway was obstructed in Sankhuwasabha district due to the flood in Bhotkhola Rural Municipality.

Likewise, the Banepa-Bhaktapur road section is blocked after a landslide at Banepa Municipality-4 in Kavre district. Ghimire said that the Araniko Highway was fully disrupted after a landslide at Kodari of Bhotekoshi Rural Municipality in Sindhupalchok district.

Likewise, vehicular movement in the Bheri corridor was blocked due to the flooding at Chhalghat in Tripurasundari Municipality-1 in Dolpa and the Jajarkot-Dolpa section of the Bheri corridor was also obstructed due to the flooding at Aathbiskot Municipality-6 in Rukum Paschim.

Ghimire shared that a landslide at Chhedagad Municipality-3 in Jajarkot district along the Mid-Hill Highway was blocked, while a landslide at Bhasupatala in Badimalika Municipality-7 in Bajura completely obstructed the vehicular movement along the Martadi-Kolti road section.

The police said that the Kaligandaki corridor in Baglung, the Sahid highway in Ropla and the Kaligandaki corridor in Gulmi resumed for one-way traffic after clearing the landslides in the sites.