On October 11, Sarva Magar, who traveled from Dharan to Kathmandu with 20 passengers, could not reach Kathmandu. Dozens of places on the BP highway were blocked due to landslides caused by incessant rain since October 10. Along with 20 passengers, he got stuck at Mangaltar on BP Highway.

They have been staying on the banks of the Roshi river near the highway since Friday, unable to move forward due to continuous rain. Around 600 vehicles were stopped in Mangaltar area alone. Most of the goods were sold out on Friday as there were only limited shops in that place. 

 'I couldn't even buy anything to eat, I got sick without even drinking water,' Magar said, 'I came to Kathmandu by an army helicopter because I was sick.' . After receiving the medication, he came back to Mangaltar to get the car. I came to Chowkidanda in a car with my friend. Mangaltar was reached after walking for 8 hours from there," he said. He did not even want to remember the other sorrows he had experienced there. "The situation there was very painful," he said. How to say, what to say? We only know how we spent 10 days there.'

 After seeing the situation where they could not stay there, some of them reached Kathmandu on foot from the second/third day. However, he had no choice but to stay there. "I couldn't leave the car and go, otherwise, why would I want to stay in such a place, hungry and thirsty?" he said, "We stayed for so many days wondering when the road would open." 

He walked from Mangaltar to Kathmandu on Saturday after the vehicles stuck on the BP highway were sent to Kathmandu through an alternative route. On Saturday evening, she walked on an alternative route under the BP highway, crossed the Roshi River and reached Kavrevanjyang on Sunday afternoon through Temal Rural Municipality-7 Kaldhar, Metol, Kurubas, Kangling, Pokhari Narayansthan, Kanpur, Bhakunde. "Jenten reached here, Roshi was too strong to cross the river as the river was rising," he said, "It was very difficult while crossing the river and going to Temal, the bus got stuck on the slippery road. Pulling the rope, the path to the forest was taken. After arriving at Bhakunde, a good road came and we reached here safely.' After all flights were canceled due to bad weather, Nakul Phuyal left Kathmandu on October 11 with 5 passengers to go to Itahari via BP highway. After the road was blocked by the flood, they stopped at Mangaltar. The rain stopped from Saturday evening. However, the road is still not open. 10 days passed while waiting. The passengers left on Sunday itself. However, Phuyal kept waiting for the way to open. He said, "There was no other option but to sit on the bank of the river saying that the road would open." Two vehicles were swept away by the river.'

 According to Phuyal, the situation became more dire on Saturday. When the water in the river rose, they fled and lived on the hills. There was the same fear of landslides. Fear of floods below, fear of landslides above. There was no place to eat and no drinking water. When we were thirsty, we drank the muddy water of the river,' he said, 'We have never experienced such sorrow in our life.' But he had never experienced such a situation before. "It's natural to be stuck for hours," he said, "but I've never seen it like it is now." Getting stuck in a traffic jam for 10 days is not a small thing. On October 11, he was traveling from Kathmandu with passengers for Sankhuwasabha and got stuck in the middle. Even Pariyar could not cut Mangaltar. He said, "We didn't get anything to eat on Friday and Saturday." We got water and noodles from Sunday. On top of that, we spent 10 days with the fear of floods.' After going through many twists and turns, reaching here, he had an unforgettable experience this time. Rai, who was walking from Kathmandu towards Taplejung, also stopped at Mangaltar. "There was no market to buy anything to eat, there was no goods even in the small shops," he said, "We stayed on the river bank for 2 days hungry and thirsty. Some food and water arrived in the helicopter of the Nepalese army, which brought some relief. Instead of being stranded, some drivers and co-drivers started to open the road. 

We moved stones from the river, tried to make a road. But it didn't work," Rai said. "Since the road was not open immediately, some vehicles stuck on the highway reached here from Bhakunde through an alternative route." 

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BP highway, which is heavily used for eastward travel from Kathmandu, is closed due to last week's landslide. Out of the 18 km road section from Chowkidanda to Kaldhunga, about 12 km of the road has been completely swept away by the flood, said Bikas Tamang, chief police inspector of District Traffic Police Office, Kavre. According to him, although it seems that it will take a long time to put the traffic in operation in that section, some alternatives have been seen. He said that work is being done to remove the stuck vehicles even if it is through the alternative route of the highway. 

District Police Office Kavre Chief Superintendent Vasundhara Khadka informed that 30 of the 700 vehicles stranded on the BP highway were sent to Kathmandu via an alternative route. She said that they were sent to Kathmandu via Temal Rural Municipality-7 Kaldhar, Metol, Kurubas, Kangling, Pokhri Narayansthan, Kanpur, Bhakunde, Dhulikhel across the Roshi river from Mangaltar. According to him, efforts are being made to open the road by placing hume pipes in 4/5 places. 

driver walked, hundreds of vehicles in Mamti-Chowkidanda 

Indra Khadka of Damak, who has been stuck in the cliff near Mangaltar of Kavre for 10 days, has come to Nepalthok on foot and is heading home after seeing no hope of rescue. Hundreds of vehicles are still stuck in Mangaltar and surrounding areas as the road is damaged and unable to reach their destination. Khadka, the driver who was on his way home through the Roshi coast after 7 km of Bhirpahara, looked tired when he met him near Mamti of Roshi Rural Municipality. He spent 10 days crying in the car due to hunger and saw that he could not be rescued, but he left the car and went home to celebrate Dasain. "It was not possible to cross a small river and keep the vehicle in a safe place near Mangaltar Chowki," he said. They did not even care to take over the responsibility of the nearby police station.

Although the government rescued some passengers by helicopter, most of them risked their lives and walked to their destination. Khadka, a driver, said that the drivers who had spent 10 days in hardship were told to go home on foot after some of them had diarrhea after drinking water from the river. Arjun Danuwar, a truck driver from Udaipur, has the same pain. Trapped below Chowkidanda, he reached Mamti after walking for 7 hours. How many days can you spend paying 400 rupees for plain food and 100 rupees for a noodle? We left the vehicle to see what would happen,' he said, 'It took a long time because there was no way to walk.' "Some friends are still waiting for the vehicle, hoping to be rescued," Chet Prasad Mainali, a driver from Jhapa, lamented. He said that he left the car when even the children of the house started crying to return anyway. "Even if the government could not rescue the vehicles, even if they had protected the vehicles, there would have been no more worry during Dasain," Mainali said.