Two-way traffic blocked by landslides on Muglin road, administration urged to take precautions.
What you should know
Small and big stones have been falling time and again in Tuinkhola near Muglin of Narayangarh Muglin Road on Sunday morning, the road has been completely blocked due to the fall of big stones.
It may not take much time to open the road as the dry landslide has started to be removed. However, the Chitwan administration has appealed to be careful while traveling through the area where stones are falling.
Police Inspector Prateek Singh of Muglin Ela Police Office informed that a dry landslide with large rocks fell at 4:20 on Sunday morning.
The road has been closed in both directions due to the landslide. Landslide removal has started since five o'clock. Engineer Arjun Ghimire of Bharatpur's Divisional Road Office said that there is a possibility that the vehicle will be able to run by 7:30.
Landslides and dry landslides happen from time to time at the place where the mountain is cut to make a bridge in the Tuin river and small and big stones fall on the road. Tuikhola in Ichchakamana Rural Municipality-5 is two and a half kilometers west of Muglin Bazar.
The portion of the bridge towards Narayangadh is dangerous. So Three people were injured when stones fell on an Indian car at the place on July 4. Similarly, on July 29, three people were injured when stones fell on an Indian truck.
Narayangadh Muglin Road is the main road connecting the capital Kathmandu and the tourist city Pokhara with the eastern and western parts of the country. 10,000 vehicles pass through this road every day. By expanding this road, which is called the lifeline of the capital, widening of two lanes in accordance with Asian standards, 18 new bridges have been added.
But when the road is expanded and the bridge is built, there is a huge problem of landslides and dry landslides that cause pain in the places where the mountains are cut.
