During rains, landslides and rockfalls are causing travelers to use alternative routes.
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The Palpa-Butwal road section of the Siddharth highway is operational in a moment and is closed in a moment. This problem has arisen due to the problem of stones falling when it rains heavily.
When the water stops, the China State Construction Engineering Corporation uses dozers to open the road. However, when it rains again, the vehicle stops after stones fall from the upper part of the highway, said Sunil Malla, information officer of District Police Office, Palpa.
It is going to open and close three times on Monday due to rain. As the rain was heavy during the night, in the morning the dozer removed the stones and landslides and opened the traffic. It was blocked again in a short time. It was closed again around 10 am. Now it has been closed again since 12:30.
"I walked to Butwal using an alternative route due to the rockfall," said Rajesh Shrestha of Tinau Rural Municipality-2, Dobhan, "I am afraid to travel even as the danger remains in Siddh Baba." However, passengers are not allowed to travel at the time of danger, according to Dobhan police station. Police station Dobhan, Prabhas, Bartung have stopped vehicles after rain and landslides in Siddhababa section.
According to Bishnu Pandey of Tinau Rural Municipality-3, Dobhan Bazar, the order of road opening and closing continues. "It closes in an instant, it opens in an instant," he said. Through the highway, vehicles operating from North-South Syangja, Pokhara, Baglung, Gulmi, Arghakhanchi and various places in the district to the Terai. When it rains, landslides occur in the Dobhan area of the highway, blocking the road many times.
Siddharth Highway is one-way because the landslide that fell three years ago between Tinau Rural Municipality-5, Churchre and Gaudepul was not controlled in time. Due to the lack of timely attention of the road division Palpa in the management of the landslide that fell into the Dumre river from the highway, the vehicles have to operate on the road only in one direction.
After the landslide was not managed in time, plastic has been laid under the leadership of the district administration office for a month to protect the highway. Kapildev Khanal, a passenger, said that due to the lack of timely landslide control, the fear of all the roads falling into the river has increased with the onset of the rainy season.
There was a possibility that the road could have been saved if the road division Palpa had done the landslide control work on time. If the builder does not do the construction immediately after the contract, the risk is increased. Road Division Palpa had awarded the contract six months ago to repair the roads at various places on Siddharth Highway.
Durga Gautam, Information Officer of Road Division Palpa, said that Bhagwati Construction Butwal has been awarded a contract with an estimate of Rs 42 lakh to manage landslides in Churchre area.
