Nepal

Landslides triggered by incessant rain since Tuesday evening have disrupted vehicular traffic on several road sections across the country, causing inconvenience to passengers travelling to various places for the Dashain festival.

Traffic along the Narayangadh-Muglin road has been disrupted after a landslide occurred around 8.20am on Thursday at Satrakilo in Bharatpur Metropolitan City-29.

Vehicles and passengers have been stranded as the two-way traffic remains disrupted due to the landslide, the District Police Office Chitwan said.

A report from Waling, Syangja said that the Waling-Galyang section of the Siddhartha Highway had been disrupted due to a landslide at Jholpe of Galyang-8. Police said the landslide occurred at 4am on Thursday and that efforts were ongoing to open the road.

Similarly, a report from Manang stated that the Besisahar-Chame road had been disrupted following a landslide at Khotro of Nason Rural Municipality-3 in Manang district.

Another report from Galyang said most of the rural roads in Myagdi district remained disrupted due to mudslide triggered by incessant rainfall. The Beni-Jomsom road is also disrupted due to landslides at dozen places in the Myagdi section of the highway. The road has been swept away by floods at several locations.

Flood and landslides triggered by the incessant rain have disrupted several locations of the Beni-Maldhunga-Pokhara road.