Narayangadh-Muglin Road: Stones continue to fall without landslides

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On the Narayangadh-Muglin road, there is a problem of stones falling on the moving vehicles without landslides. In this winter, there have been incidents of falling stones without landslides and even killing vehicles. There is a problem of stones falling on the vehicle, especially at seventeen kilos. In other places too, there are many incidents of stones falling and hitting vehicles and motorcycles.

A stone that fell from the road in Khorkhola of Narayangadh-Muglin section hit a motorcycle going from Narayangadh to Kathmandu on Sunday morning.

Ashiq Mian, a motorcyclist from Ratnanagar Municipality-2, sustained minor injuries on his left hand. Chitwan police said that he was on his way to his destination after a while as his injuries were not serious.

There was a big accident on Friday after a stone fell from the road. On the Narayangadh-Muglin road, Bharatpur Metropolitan City-29, the bus was uncontrollably hit by a falling stone and overturned on the road. 25 passengers were injured when a bus going from Gaur in Rautahat to Pokhara overturned. A similar incident happened on August 5 in Satrakilo. When a stone fell on the micro coming from Kathmandu to Bharatpur, the front glass was cracked.

Two children were slightly injured. On August 4, the driver was slightly injured when a stone fell on a car moving near bridge number three of this road located in Ichchakamana rural municipality-5.

On the same day that two buses fell into Trishuli river after being hit by a landslide in Simaltal, the driver of the bus going from Butwal to Kathmandu was killed on June 28 in the morning after being hit by a stone that fell from above. Although the driver died, other passengers were saved because the bus stopped. If the bus was uncontrolled, there was a danger of falling into the trident.

The problem of falling stones around Satrakilo is a bit more. Due to the continuous incidents, I have asked the road division to understand the problem," said Chief District Officer of Chitwan, Indradev Yadav. Ramesh Prasad Paudel, Head of Divisional Road Office, Bharatpur, said that after Prazia's instructions, they went to the upper part of the hill in the Satrak Kilo area. There are no landslides, nor are the rural roads dug up. That place is covered with grass and bushes,” he said. Paudel said that there were no stones that were about to fall or would fall soon.

However, the incidents of small stones falling on the road have increased. Division Road Engineer Sagar Karki said that when the sun stopped after the rain stopped, stones fell. At other times, stones fall from the mountains after a fire during the dry season. Karki said that there is a problem of stone falling at 15 places on the Narayangadh-Muglin road (36 km) and notice boards have been put up to be alert.

Rajendra Oli, Vice President of Chitwan Industry and Commerce Association, said that the government should pay attention to make roads safe and reliable. "When life is at risk, people reduce their travel, which affects areas that increase economic activities such as business, tourism," he said, " the problem comes in the rainy season. Everyone is worried. Nothing can be done immediately to solve such problems, a concrete plan should be made. The government should focus on solving the problem after the drought.'