The Surkhet-Jumla road section under the Karnali highway, which was blocked due to the collapse of the wall under the road due to a landslide at Galje in Kalikot, is yet to be opened. Although a narrow track has been built to allow small vehicles to pass, large passenger buses, trucks carrying construction materials and food have been stopped on the road for 3 days.

Police Chief of Kalikot, Tek Bahadur Rawat informed that after a landslide occurred in the same place three weeks ago, the road which was put into operation by the road division office, Jumla, collapsed again. 'There is a whole rock towards the wall,' he said, 'the wall raised from under the road has completely collapsed.' According to him, the work has been stopped since Saturday due to the hydraulic pipe of the JCV machine breaking during rock crushing.

Informing that a big machine is coming from Surkhet, he said that the road will be opened only after the top rock is broken after the machine arrives. 'It is not certain when the road will be opened after the work is completed,' he said, 'only small vehicles pass one way.'

When the financial year was coming to an end, businessman Ratan Mahtara said that trucks carrying construction materials for Jumla and Mugu were stopped at Tadi, Bali and other places in Calikot. 'We have received a call from the construction site saying that we need the goods quickly,' he said, 'the road is closed, how can we go?'

Truck driver Naveen Vishwakarma informed that the truck carrying food grains for Jumla and Mugu was also stopped on the way. The landslides occurred in the hills near Galjen due to rainwater and Juvitha Jiulo water. Hundreds of freight vehicles have been stopped due to the collapse of the wall on the narrow road. Small cars are passing by.

Chief District Officer of Kalikot Narayan Prasad Bhattarai said that there is no condition for large vehicles to go. According to him, the team of Road Division Office Jumla has been sent to work at the place of landslide with machines.

Since the vehicle was stopped on Thursday, the driver, co-driver and passenger of the cargo truck tried to build a concrete wall, but when it was not possible, a breaker was brought to break the rock, said police constable Chandra Bahadur Gharti of Khallagad temporary traffic post. 'We are sending small cars,' he said, 'buses and freight cars have stopped.' The police said that due to road blockage, vehicles going from Surkhet to Jumla, Mugu and returning to Surkhet from Jumla, Mugu via Calikot, Dailekh were stopped.

Babur Shahi, an entrepreneur of Manm Bazar, complained that the Karnali highway is blocked by landslides after rains. "There is always trouble when the road is not moving," he said.