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Landslides, Floods Obstruct Different Highways

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Landslides, Floods Obstruct Different Highways
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July 22: Incessant rainfall since the last few days has triggered landslides, obstructing dozens of roads and highways.

Prithvi Highway, which connects the capital Kathmandu with the rest of the country, has been obstructed by landslides in various places. Some sections of different highways have been swept away by floods. Massive floods have also washed away concrete bridges as well as Bailey bridges in some places.

Transportation has come to a complete halt in some highways.

The Department of Roads has said it will take some more time to resume transportation along the Jogimara-Mawakhola road section of Prithvi Highway due to obstructions created by flood and landslides. The department has urged the transporters to use Tribhuvan Highway and BP Highway as alternative routes to supply goods to the capital.

The Narayanghat-Mugling road section, which was obstructed due to landslide in Kalikhola area, has been reopened. But the road only serves one-way traffic at the moment.

Director General at the Department of Roads Keshav Kumar Sharma said that although they are working to clear the debris, they are unable to reopen some roads because the floods have swept bridges in some areas while chunks of road section have also been swept away elsewhere. He said that they will not be able to repair the roads in some places unless the level or water recedes and the rainfall comes to a halt.

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