Roads Severely Affected by Floods and Landslides Across Nepal
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Kathmandu. As of the updated details until 8 AM this Tuesday morning, transportation services have been severely affected on various main highways across the country due to floods and landslides.
The latest details released by the Nepal Police mention that road sections in various parts of Koshi, Bagmati, Gandaki, and Karnali provinces are completely or partially obstructed. In some places, the road is completely closed, while in others, vehicle operation has been stopped considering potential risks.
The biggest impact of highway obstruction has been in Koshi Province. The Mid-Hilly Highway has been completely obstructed due to landslides and floods in various places in Yangwarak Rural Municipality of Panchthar District. Since Jestha 8, the said highway has been completely closed due to landslides in Wards No. 3 Oyam Bazaar and Rijalbhir and floods in Ward No. 2 Dobhan.
Similarly, the Koshi Highway has also been completely blocked due to a landslide in Simalung, Ward No. 4 of Bhotkhola Rural Municipality in Sankhuwasabha on Jestha 11. However, the Mid-Hilly Highway obstructed by floods in Bokhim, Bhojpur Municipality-5 in Koshi Province, and the Koshi Highway obstructed by landslides in Naya Basti, Makalu Rural Municipality-3 in Sankhuwasabha have been reopened for one-way traffic. It is said that there is also an alternative route available in Bhojpur.
Meanwhile, in Bagmati Province, vehicle operation has been completely stopped on the BP Highway section in Kavrepalanchok District. Considering the potential risk of floods, all vehicles plying on Khurkot-Nepal Thok-Katuñjebesi have not been allowed to travel since Baishakh 22.
Roads have also been affected by landslides in Myagdi District of Gandaki Province. The Beni-Jomsom road section has currently been operating only one-way due to landslides in Jalathale, Annapurna Rural Municipality-3 on Baishakh 16 and in Tallo Baisari, रघुगंगा Rural Municipality-3 on Jestha 7.
In Karnali Province, vehicle operation has been stopped in Humla District due to the risk of potential landslides. Transportation has not been allowed on the Hilsa Simikot road section in Ward No. 2 of Namkha Rural Municipality since Baishakh 29.
Arrangements have been made to obtain further and regular information regarding road obstructions from the official website of the Nepal Police.
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