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Landslide Halts traffic on Pasang Lhamu Highway
Landslide at Tirtire Bhir in Bidur Municipality-10 has stopped vehicular traffic for the last four days on the Pasang Lhamu Highway along the Trishuli-Betrawati section.Landslide at Tirtire Bhir in Bidur Municipality-10 has stopped vehicular traffic for the last four days on the Pasang Lhamu Highway along the Trishuli-Betrawati section.
Rasuwa residents cannot commute because of the obstructed highway while the passengers travelling towards Rasuwa are also facing difficulties.
The transport of the food items, vegetables and dairy products to the district have been stopped, a local trader Gopi Neupane said.
The landslide has buried around 100 metres of road and it continues to occur because of rainwater that flows toward the landslide site from the farms above.
According to Nuwakot Police Chief, efforts to divert the water falling on the landslide sites have failed.
Heavy vehicles could not reach Rasuwa as the alternative road at Manakamana along the Trishuli-Tupche-Manakamana-Pairebeshi road section is also obstructed due to landslide. (RSS)