Normally, Hetaunda is 3 and a half hours away from Kathmandu, but now it takes at least 5 hours.
After the BP highway was damaged due to the flood caused by the incessant rain, the alternative route to enter Kathmandu from Hetounda has caused heavy traffic.
BP Vehicles traveling around Kathmandu via highway are coming to Hetaunda from Sindhuli via Madan Bhandari route. Hetaunda-Vaise-Bhimphedi-Kulekhani-Fakhel-Sisneri-Kantilokpath is increasing in traffic. Under normal conditions, Hetaunda is 3 and a half hours away from Kathmandu, but now it takes at least 5 hours. The alternative road to enter Kathmandu from Hetaunda is narrow and winding, and the landslide has damaged the road.
"Due to the damage of the BP highway, traffic is increasing on the roads entering Kathmandu from Hetaunda. Due to the narrow roads, there are also jams in places," said Puskar Bogti, Deputy Superintendent of Police of the District Police Office Makwanpur. are .'
Now thousands of private and public vehicles are passing through this road daily from all the districts of eastern and central Nepal. All the small vehicles going to the eastern hilly districts like Okhaldhunga-Khotang-Solukhumbu-Bhojpur are also passing through this road.
Due to the passengers who have returned to the capital after celebrating Dasain, the traffic of four-wheeled vehicles and motorcycles can be counted on this road. Due to the landslides that fell on this road during the rains, there is a problem in two-way traffic in some places. In some places, the landslides have been removed by making it difficult for only one vehicle to pass.
