Traffic operation has been suspended for 12 hours at night from today for one month in Kavrepalanchok section under VP highway. District Administration Office Dhulikhel has said that the highway has been blocked from Kavrebhanjang in the district to Sindhuli-Sima Nepalthok for one month.
The office appealed to the public and said that since there is a potential risk of landslides on the VP highway during the active monsoon, traffic operations have been suspended for one month from 5:00 PM to 5:00 AM in the mentioned area of the highway to reduce the risk.
Chief District Officer Umesh Kumar Dhakal said that traffic going from Kathmandu will be stopped at Kavrebhanjyang in the district and traffic coming towards Kathmandu at the Sindhuli border. The road operation was suspended until 5 o'clock for about ten hours and 15 days and until the end of June. During this period, vehicles going from Kathmandu were stopped at Kavrevanjyang in Kavrap and vehicles coming towards Kathmandu were stopped at Khurkot in Sindhuli.
In the past one week, the road has been blocked in the Kavrepalanchok-section under the highway about four times due to floods. Last year, the flash flood in October washed away the road from Chowkidanda in Kavre to Varakhola in Sindhuli under the VP highway, so a temporary road has been put into operation so that traffic can be operated in one direction or two ways in the river.
Out of the total 160 km of the highway, the landslide caused more damage to 34 km from Khurkot in Sindhuli to Nepalthok and 50 km from the fourth section from Nepalthok to Dhulikhel in Kavrepalanchok and 84 km of the road. The office is also proceeding with the contract process in four sections for the permanent construction of the damaged highway. Thousands of vehicles travel daily through this highway, which is a short distance connecting Eastern Nepal.
