MARTADI, July 11: The Sanfe-Martadi highway has been obstructed again due to landslides triggered by heavy rainfall. The highway had just open a few days ago after being obstructed.
Landslides have taken place in Balde, Omkot, Dwari and Olena of the highway. Efforts to clear the road have been hampered by continuous rainfall, said Police Inspector at the District Police Office, Bajura Dhandev Saud.
The highway has been regularly affected by landslides since the beginning of the monsoon this year. Rainfall has been taking place here heavily since Friday.
Traffic in the highway has been obstructed this morning, and we are working to remove the debris using an excavator and resume traffic, Chief District Officer Gopal Kumar Adhikari said.
BAITADI, July 9: Traffic along Jayprithvi highway, obstructed from Thursday night due to landslide, has resumed.
The highway was obstructed due to landslide occurred at Dolyamod along Khodpe-Bajhang road section at 10:00 pm on Thursday.
Police Inspector Darshan Khadka said that traffic along the highway has resumed after the landslide debris was removed with the help of excavator.
The obstructed highway resumed after 14 hours. With the resumption of traffic, stranded vehicles following disruption of highway have moved towards their respective destinations, said police.
WAILING, June 13: he Siddhartha highway has been obstructed due to landslides triggered by heaving rainfall since yesterday. Landslide that took place at Bhalu pahad in Fedikhola rural municipality-2 of Syangja this morning has obstructed the highway, according to the District Police Office, Syangja.
As a result, the Pokhara-Syangja road section of the highways remains closed for traffic, DSP at the office Rajendra Prasad Adhikari said. Landslide continues to take place at the location since 6 this morning.
Though efforts are being made in coordination with the Department of Road to open the road, continuous rainfall has hampered it. Hence, it is likely to take some time before the road section is opened for traffic, Adhikari said.
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