Landslide blocks Kodari Highway; 600 containers stuck across border

August 15, Kathmandu: As many as 600 containers carrying vegetables and fruits have been stuck across the Nepal-China Friendship Bridge due to landslide-triggered disruption along the Kodari Highway.

It has been 12 days since landslide debris blocked the way at Iku in Bhotekoshi rural municipality-2.

Chairperson of Nepal Truck Container Transportation Service, Arjun Sapkota, told the National News Agency RSS that it has been difficult for vehicular movement and pedestrians’ mobility as the landslide debris has not been cleared off.

A landslide has spread the debris almost 2 kilometres. He informed that efforts are underway to pass the container goods by mobilising porters. He criticised the government’s sluggish efforts for debris removal.