Roads Reopen After Landslides, Some Still Blocked

Kathmandu. Some highways in the country that were blocked due to floods and landslides caused by recent rains have come into operation from today, while some main highways are still blocked.

According to Nepal Police Central Police Spokesperson and Deputy Inspector General of Police, Avinaryan Kafle, the BP Highway at Choukidaanda in Namobuddha Municipality-6 and Ghumaine in Roshi Rural Municipality-7, 400 Besi, Kavrepalanchok, and the Salli Chaurjhari road section at Kharkharhola and Koiralahola in Kumakh Rural Municipality-2, Salyan, which were blocked due to continuous rain on Baisakh 21, have come into operation from today.

According to him, the Mid-Hilly Highway in Bokhim of Bhojpur Municipality, which was blocked due to floods on Baisakh 12, and the Koshi Highway at Naya Basti in Makalu Rural Municipality-3, which was blocked due to landslides on the 23rd, have come into one-way operation.

The spokesperson Kafle said that the internal unpaved road from Rong Rural Municipality-6, Salakpur, Ilam to Jhapa via Ngekhep, which was completely blocked due to continuous rain on Baisakh 21, has not yet come into operation. He said, "Some main highways blocked by floods and landslides have come into operation, while some highways have come into one-way operation. All vehicles operating on the BP Highway via Khurkot-Nepalthok-Katunjebesi in Kavrepalanchok have been stopped from commuting."

The police have urged all concerned to travel safely and cautiously on the blocked and one-way operating highways as there is a high risk of floods and landslides during the rainy season.