Landslide damages house, motorcycle and two jeeps in Kalimati in Malmul
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Siddharth highway and Tansen-Ridy road in Palpa have been blocked due to incessant rain since Friday night. Similarly, the Kaligand corridor, Aryabhanjyang-Rampur road has also been closed, police said.
A landslide has occurred in Bartung and Kalimati area of Tansen-Butwal section on Siddharth highway. Deputy Superintendent of Police and Information Officer Sugandha Shrestha of District Police Office Palpa informed that two pickup jeeps were buried by a landslide in Kalimati between Dumre and Churchreko under Siddharth Highway. The rescue was done after the rain stopped. Here, mud with black mud comes from the upper part. Every year in this place during the rainy season, the rain falls, but the passengers have to suffer due to the lack of control. Between Agahakhola and Pipaldanda on the highway, the road has been blocked due to a landslide on Sita Hill. The Ramdi area has also blocked the road due to landslides.
In Khasyuli Malmul of Ribdikot Rural Municipality, a house has been damaged due to the falling stones along with the landslide. Police said that two parked motorcycles were also damaged. According to the police, the road was blocked due to landslides in Malmul, Argali, Laghwa, Jorte and other places of Tansen-Ridi road section. Aryabhanjyang Rampur road has been blocked due to landslides at different places. Landslides have occurred in Sahdikhola, Bhoar and other places under Kaligandaki Corridor.
The police said that the road department and private sector dozers were mobilized to remove the debris that fell on the road. Since the road has been blocked since night, the vehicles going from the hilly district to Butwal and from Butwal to the hilly district including Palpa are stuck on the road.
The police said that there is a problem in removing the landslide as the rain has not stopped. Police said that there was an attempt to open one-way roads in Kalimati, Churchre and Ramdi areas. The Department of Water and Meteorology has announced that the water level alert has been raised in Tinau, Dobhan, Jhumsa, Nisdi, Arunkhola due to heavy rain in Palpa's Tansen and surrounding areas.
There has been heavy rain since Friday evening in the surrounding areas including Palpa. The Tinau River Butwal Hydromeasuring Center also reported that the water level was measured on Saturday morning and that there is a risk of flooding in the river coastal area as it is rising. It is raining in the surrounding areas including Palpa on Saturday morning.
