The road has been blocked due to a landslide in Dobhan Siddhababa area of Palpa's Tinau Rural Municipality-3 under Siddharth Highway. According to the police, a car was also buried by the landslide that fell around 4 o'clock in the morning. Lumbini Pradesh J 0276 car is completely damaged.
The car was buried in a landslide that fell from the top. Police said that the driver and passenger of the car coming from Butwal to Palpa Bhairavasthan are in normal condition. A tipper also got stuck in the culvert under construction in Lower and Upper Siddhababa areas. According to Dobhan police station, efforts are on to remove the tipper stuck in the culvert and remove the landslide from the road.
Pitambar Bhattarai, a driver of Syangja Galang, said that the road has been blocked since 4 am due to the rain in this area. Along with the construction of tunnels in the Siddhababa area, the work of culverts, drains and rock nets is also being done by the China State Construction Engineering Corporation.
Passing the landslides in Palpa's Siddhababa area, apart from Palpa, the vehicles going to Gulmi, Arghakhanchi, Syangja, Pokhara, Parbat, Baglung, Myagdi, Mustang etc. There is a problem of rocks falling in the soft soil in this area even during dry season.
