Traffic operation by creating 'diversion' in places where the river has eroded and the road has been washed away
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Nepalthok-Khurkot, Khurkot-Sindhulimadi and Sindhulimadi-Bardiwas sections of the BP highway blocked by floods have been put into operation. According to the police, it will take some time to open the Dhulikhel-Nepalthok section.
Sunkoshi rural municipality-3, ward no. 7, Vehicles have started plying in Nepalthok-Khurkot section after construction of temporary diversion at Kandhungri. One-way traffic has been operated in Kamerphant and Kandhungri.
Nepalthok-Khurkot section was blocked due to landslides, erosion by Sunkoshi river and road flooding in some places. In other sections, landslides have been removed and transport services have been opened. Landslides occurred on the highway, Sunkoshi river eroded at some places and the road was washed away.
After landslides occurred in dozens of places, the traffic in the Sindhuli section of Madhyapahari Lokmarg is blocked. Sindhuli SP Govindraj Kafle said that the Madan Bhandari highway has been put into operation. Roshi Khola has washed away about 60 meters of road in front of Nepalthok police station and landslides have occurred in dozens of places towards Kavre. Landslide removal is being done in that area.
The police said that since the traffic has started operating from Nepaltok to Bardibas, it can be used as an alternative route. One can go to Kathmandu via Hetounda via Madan Bhandari Highway. According to the preliminary data of the police, more than 100 houses have been swept away by the flood in Sindhuli and around 300 houses have been submerged.
Two missing bodies found from Tamakoshi Dam
The bodies of 2 of the 4 people who were killed by a landslide at the dam site of Upper Tamakoshi Hydropower Station on Saturday have been found. The identification of the body has not been done. The police said that the search for the other 2 missing persons will be conducted on Monday. After the damage to the power house, the production from the 454 MW Upper Tamakoshi has stopped.
