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Landslide blocks roadway to Kathmandu

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 |  Kathmandu

Debris brought by a landslide at Ghattepakha on Kanti Highway.

The road leading to Kathmandu via Bhimphedi-Kulekhani-Phakhel has been obstructed by landslide at Kaura, Indrasarowar Rural Municipality-2 in Makawanpur district. The rain-triggered landslide has blocked the road since the morning today.

Locals together with police and engineers of the Road Division Office are at work to clear the landslide debris and open the road for traffic, the District Police Office said.

Police have suggested vehicles heading to Kathmandu from Hetauda and vice-versa to use the alternative route.

Likewise, a section of the Kanti Highway is also closed due to mudslide occurred last night at Ghattepakha of Bakaiya Rural Municipality-12 in Makawanpur. Efforts are on to remove the landslide debris at this place, police said.

However, traffic is operating normally on the Tribhuvan Highway, the Bhimphedi-Kulekhani-Sisneri-Dakshinkali section and on the East-West highway in the district.



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