The Rapti highway, which was blocked since Tuesday morning due to landslides after incessant rains, opened after seven hours. After the rain stopped, the blocked highway was opened after the dozer removed the landslide. Even though the highway is open, the risk is still the same as the rocks are falling, police said.

राप्ती राजमार्गको चोरखोलामा पहिरो हटाउँदै डोजर । तस्बिरः कान्तिपुर

The Palpa-Butwal road section of Siddharth Highway, which was blocked since 8 pm on Monday, has been opened for one-way operation since 4 pm on Tuesday. Landslides with stones and mud fell in more than a dozen places under the highway in Siddhababa area of Palpa-Butwal section.

One-way traffic has started in Downe under Mahendra Highway, which has been blocked for the last 38 hours due to rain.

According to the police station commander, after the rain stopped, the road was opened for one-way traffic from a while ago. At 5 places in Downe, the road is one-way operation, traffic has been opened alternately with the presence of police.

In order not to have a long jam in Daunne, long vehicles stopped at 30 East Kawasoti from Dumkiwas have been sent to their destination. The highway was blocked near the Vishwakarma temple, 3 km west of Dumkiwas market due to landslides. Traffic was opened after making the highway smooth by placing gravel in the flooded areas.

Three months ago, there was a problem with the vehicle getting stuck there due to the soil of the hole dug to build the bridge. As there is a steep hill, the vehicle is pushed by a dozer to cross it. Due to water flowing on the highway near Vishwakarma temple, it is difficult to drive.

Because the Chinese contractor company China State Engineering Corporation, which has taken the contract for the construction of the highway, has not worked on the road, the highway is blocked even in normal rains.

Between Dumkiwas and Bardghat, there is a hill on the 14 km road. East-west vehicles are stuck in a traffic jam. In order to avoid a long traffic jam at Downe, the vehicles stopped at Kawasoti and Bardghat have been sent to their destination, so there is a long traffic jam at Downe. The police said that the vehicle can be crossed in 3-4 hours.

The Sandhikhark-Gorusinge road is closed and opened at intervals. Due to continuous rain for three days, landslides, fallen trees are blocking the road.

The Sandhikhark-Gorusinge road is closed due to landslides and fallen trees. Landslides are falling from the road from Thada to Patharkot in Sitganga Municipality and Ghumti-Narapani in Sandhikhark area.

Even though the locals and security personnel have removed the obstacles, the road has not been fully opened due to the landslide, informed Sridhar Mahatra, Ward President of Sandhikhark Municipality-6.

Landslides have occurred in Sitapur and Thada areas of Sitgang. He said that for three days security personnel, public representatives and local people have been working to remove the landslides.

Police Inspector Jhalak Prasad Sharma said that the dozer was placed on the road and whenever landslides occur, the work of clearing the road has been going on since morning. He said that landslides are constantly falling in the vicinity of Narpani-Ghumti.

After a landslide, the road is blocked, then after reaching there and removing it, the traffic is normal and when the landslide, stones and trees fall, the traffic is stopped for a few hours until the landslide is removed, Sharma said.

Karnali highway Surkhet & Jumla road has been blocked again due to hero. The road was blocked after a landslide occurred in the Gagane River under the Kalikot section due to incessant rain since Tuesday afternoon. District Police Chief Tek Bahadur Rawat informed that the landslide that occurred on Monday evening was resumed at 9 am by Road Division Office Jumla on Tuesday morning using two machines, but it was blocked again after another landslide including Ledo fell at 2 pm.

He said, ‘ Yesterday evening, the vehicle was moved after the landslide in the morning. But the road has been blocked due to another landslide. It is not possible to work on landslides due to continuous rain.’

According to him, the vehicles coming from Surkhet were stopped at Daikhola and Dailekh's Chidjiula, while the cargo vehicles coming from Jumla were stopped at Hulm.

Every year there is a landslide in Gagane river of Karnali highway. Two years ago, Road Division Office Jumla had installed Gavin Jali through a contract worth Rs 3 crore to prevent landslides at the same place. However, the structure was completely washed away by the floods last year.

Dalmaya Budha's three-storied mud house at Surkhet Gurbhakot Municipality, located at 1 Kalche Ghuwane, has been destroyed. After the incident, they have taken shelter in the house. District Police Spokesperson DSP Mohanjung Budthapa informed that the team deployed from Malarani Police Station assisted in rescuing the family after receiving information about the incident. 

Due to the landslides that occurred along with the rain, the road from Aryabhanjyang via Tahun to Rampur on the Siddharth Highway has become operational in a one-way manner. Landslides occurred in two places with stones and mud in Budhikot area of Mathagadhi Rural Municipality –1 near Aryabhanjyang of this 49 km long road. 

According to Road Division Palpa, the landslide occurred at the place where the road was widened and dozers were used for upgrading. District Police Office Palpa has informed that vehicles have been blocked due to landslides and now one-way operation is underway. Vehicles going to Mathagadhi, Purvkhola, Rambha, Nisdi Rural Municipality as well as some parts of Rampur Municipality pass through this road. Small and large vehicles could not move after the road was blocked. After the opening of the one-way road, the vehicles and passengers have been sent to their destination.

Vehicles going to Chidipani, Humin, Tahun, Birkot, Purvkhola, Jalpa, Jamire, Archale, Siluva, Jagbadi and other dozens of places operate through this road. In addition to various places in Humin, the road has been damaged in Birkot, Khalukbhanjyang, Sefat, Jagbadi, Siluva, Veldanda and other places. - Madhav Aryal/Palpa

The one-way section of Bertung-Tansen-Ridi road under Palpa-Gulmi road has come into operation. According to Road Division Palpa, a one-way road has been opened in the Malmul section of Bertung-Ridi after removing the landslide. The road division's information officer Durga Gautam said that since the heavy loader under the division was stationed at the place around the clock, it could not be opened immediately due to rain. He said that due to the continuous rain, there is a high possibility of stones, landslides, mudslides and landslides at various places on the highway, so everyone has been requested to take necessary precautions and only travel for essential purposes.

Sandhikhark-Gorusinge road has been blocked by continuous landslides in places due to continuous rain for three days. Deputy Superintendent of Police Chakra Bahadur Malla said that landslides are constantly falling from the roads in Narapani, Ghumti, Sitapur, Thada and other areas. In the morning, after the dozer removed the landslide that had fallen overnight, the vehicle was put into operation for some time. Janpath, Armed Police, Nepali Army and people's representatives of that area are deployed on the road to remove the landslide. "Stones and landslides continue to flow from the road," said Sridhar Mahatra, the ward president of Sandhikhark Municipality-6, "Dozers remove them, and the landslides fell from the same place and from another new place." We have been removing landslides and passing vehicles.' 

The Rapti highway has been blocked since Tuesday morning due to landslides caused by incessant rain. Kapurkot rural municipality-3 landslide occurred near Chorkhola. Passenger vehicles are stopped on the road. District Police Office Salyan Police Inspector Resham Khatri informed that a dozer is being used to clear the landslide. He also advised to use alternative route. 

The road has been blocked in the Baglung section of Madhyapahari Lokmarg due to landslides after incessant rain. Trees have fallen at a place called Tarakhse of Kathekhola rural municipality-6 of Baglung due to a landslide since Monday night. Due to the blocking of this road, the residents of 6 local levels in the west from Baglung headquarter to east-west vehicles have been affected. District Police Office Information Officer and DSP Basant Regmi said that a police team led by Assistant Inspector Khim Bahadur Karki of Madhyapahari Public Road Project Office and Police Station Dobilla has been mobilized for the removal of landslides. An attempt was made to open a one-way road with the cooperation of the police and locals. 

The water level in the Narayani river is rising due to three consecutive days of rain.

Tuesday morning at 9:30 am, the water level in Gandak barrage in Trivenidham has reached above 165,600 cusec liters. Due to rain in most places of Gandaki province, the water level in Narayani is increasing. By building a dam on the Narayani River at Trivenidham, India has been transporting water through canals for irrigation in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. Narayani River is called ‘Gandak’ in India. It is called

Similarly, on Tuesday morning at 9:30 am, the water level under the Narayani Bridge in Narayangadh, Chitwan has reached 8.81 meters. There, the water level reaches 11 meters and is considered a warning level.

Chief District Officer Bhaviswar Pandey has appealed to the general public to be vigilant in the area around Narayani.

Three roads including Kaligandaki Corridor have been blocked in Gulmi. Kaligandaki Corridor, Rudraveni-Wami and Ridi-Kharjang roads have been blocked since Tuesday morning.

The information officer of District Police Office Gulmi informed Deputy Superintendent of Police Ganga Bahadur Saru that the road was blocked due to landslides in Gargare, Rakse and Kanouta of Kaligand corridor. The blocked road section belongs to Kaligandaki rural municipality - 1, 2 and 3. Likewise, Ridi-Kharjang road has also been blocked.

Satyavati Rural Municipality – 6 road has been blocked in Dahare Khola and Talophant Khola. It is located in Rudraveni –wami section of Butwal & Burtiwang road section.

The road has been blocked due to landslides as it has been raining continuously for the past three days in the surrounding areas including Gulmi.

The road of Gagane Khola in Kalikot of Karnali highway Surkhet-Jumla road section which was blocked since 7:30 pm on Monday due to landslides has been opened one-way.

Two machines (JCB) were mobilized from 7 am on Tuesday morning to remove the landslide and the road was put into operation at 9:30 am.

Kalikot police chief DSP Tek Bahadur Rawat informed that the road has been opened in one direction after the landslides in Gagane River were removed.

After the opening of the road, the vehicles stopped to reach Humla through Kalikot, Jumla, Mugu, Bajura through Karnali Corridor and Highway are heading towards their destination. According to police, Road Division Office Jumla has kept one JCB machine nearby and another machine has been sent to Hulme as there may be another landslide due to heavy rain.

Similarly, Khandachakra-5 Bihani Khola on the Kalikot-Jumla road section of the Karnali highway fell on Monday evening and Ward no. According to the police, the landslide on the 4th was removed at night.

पहिरोले अवरुद्ध कर्णाली राजमार्गको गगने खोलामा गएको पहिरो खुलेपछि गन्तव्य तर्फ जाँदै गरेका गाडीहरू। तस्बिर : तुलाराम/कान्तिपुर

The Palpa-Butwal road section of Siddharth Highway, which has been blocked since 8 pm on Monday, is yet to be opened. Landslides have occurred in more than a dozen places under the highway in Siddhababa area of Palpa-Butwal section. Palpa Tinau Rural Municipality – 3, Dobhan Siddhababa area Nagdanda, Damside, Siddhababa and other places of the highway have been blocked since Monday evening.

The road from Aryabhanjyang via Tahun to Rampur on Siddharth Highway has been blocked since Tuesday morning due to the landslides that fell along with the rain. Local residents have informed that the landslide occurred near Aryabhanjang of this 49 km long road in Mathagadhi rural municipality 1, Budhikot area. Landslide occurred at the place where the road was widened and dozers were used for upgrading. According to police station Tahun Palpa, vehicles were blocked due to the landslide. Small and big vehicles could not move after the road was blocked.

The dam of Dhauliganga hydropower project in Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand state of India has been opened since Tuesday morning. The district administration office, Darchula, issuing a notice on Monday, asked not to go to the banks of the Mahakali river and to be cautious as the gates of the dam will be opened from 6 am on Tuesday. The flow of Mahakali is increasing around Darchula headquarters till 8 am. Darchula from Baitadi, Dadeldhura, Kanchanpur to India, the flow and level of water in Mahakali may increase, so the local administration has requested not to go near the river and to be cautious.

Due to the increase in the water flow in the Mahakali river, four-wheeler vehicles have been banned on the Sharda barrage bridge. Vehicular movement has been banned since Tuesday morning. According to the police, according to the measurement at 7 o'clock, the flow of water in Mahakali has reached 1 lakh 2 thousand 742 cusecs. Four-wheelers were also closed for the whole day on Monday. It was opened in the evening after the flow subsided. Due to the old bridge, as soon as the flow of water in the river reaches 100,000 cusecs, the four-wheeler traffic is stopped.

Traffic has come to a standstill on the southern road section of East Nawalparasi under the East-West Highway. On Tuesday morning, due to the rain, vehicles got stuck on the uphill of the Vishwakarma temple. According to the police, it has been raining since morning and traffic has stopped due to the slippery road. The highway was washed away across the under-construction bridge near the Vishwakarma temple in Downe, although gravel was placed on it on Monday, but the movement has not been smooth.

Two excavators have been used to clear the landslide of Gangne River in Calikot, which is on the Surkhet Jumla road section of the Karnali Highway, which has been blocked since 7:30 pm on Monday due to landslides. Kalikot police chief DSP Tek Bahadur Rawat said that two machines were mobilized to operate the Karnali highway blocked by landslides from 7 am on Tuesday. He said that vehicles traveling to and from Humla via Kalikot, Jumla, Mugu, Bajura via Karnali Corridor and highway have been stopped.

The road blocked by a landslide in Tinau Rural Municipality 3, Dobhan Siddhababa area of Palpa under Siddhartha highway connecting north-south has not been opened since Monday evening. The road division Palpa and Siddhababa tunnel project office said that the road cannot be cleared due to continuous rain. As the road was blocked, hundreds of vehicles coming down from the mountains to the Terai and traveling from the mountains to the Terai were stranded on the road. In this area, there is a problem of rocks stuck in the soft soil falling during the rainy season as well as during the dry season.