The District Administration Office has requested everyone to travel only after understanding the weather and road conditions as floods and landslides have damaged roads and other structures in more than half a dozen places in the Jomsom-Kagbeni and Kagbeni-Chhusang sections.
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Hundreds of devotees who had gone to visit Muktinath have returned from Jomsom without reaching their destination after the Jomsom-Muktinath-Korla road section was washed away due to continuous rains. The road between Jomsom-Pandakhola was washed away by about 25 meters due to rains on Thursday.
After the Jomsom-Korla road collapsed, the vehicles carrying devotees going to Muktinath have been stopped in Jomsom in coordination with the local administration and security agencies, informed Chief District Officer Bishnu Prasad Bhusal.
According to him, although the Beni-Jomsom section of national pride is easy, the journey of devotees who went to Muktinath from far away has come to a complete halt in Jomsom after the road above Jomsom collapsed.
Chief District Officer Bhusal said that vehicles going up from Jomsom to Muktinath have been stopped after the road above Jomsom collapsed. According to him, work is underway to bring down vehicles stranded at the place where the road collapsed while returning from Muktinath to Jomsom in coordination with security agencies.
Stating that it is risky to go from Jomsom to Muktinath, Chief District Officer Bhusal informed that the road cannot be brought into operation immediately due to continuous rain. He said that the incessant rains have damaged the road structure due to the lack of construction of drains at the necessary places.
Most of the tourists who came to Mustang to go to Muktinath have returned from Jomsom after the road was blocked. Some tourists are waiting for the road to open, said local Manita Thakali.
The District Administration Office has requested everyone to travel only after understanding the weather and road conditions as floods and landslides have damaged roads and other structures in more than half a dozen places in the Jomsom-Kagbeni and Kagbeni-Chhusang sections.
The contract for blacktopping of the section with gravel was signed in the fiscal year 2073/74 under the National Pride Road and work has progressed. The first section of the road, which was divided into seven sections, was handed over to the Project Office in 2076 BS.
A contract was awarded for the 13 km blacktop of Jomsom-Kagbeni in 2079 BS, and the construction company completed it last year and handed over the project.
