Kathmandu. The Narayangadh-Muglin road section has been obstructed due to landslides at different places of Chitwan and Dhading due to incessant rains.

According to Superintendent of Police (SP) Dilli Narayan Pandey, chief of the Nepal Police Highway Security and Traffic Management Office, Ramnagar, the road could not be resumed immediately as small and big landslides are continuously taking place at different places along the highway. He said that landslides and stones are falling due to incessant rains.

According to him, the vehicular movement has been completely disrupted at Dharapani of Ichhakamana Rural Municipality-4 in Chitwan after the road collapsed again. Earlier, the road had collapsed at the same place and the vehicular movement was operated one-way.

Similarly, a landslide occurred at Simaldhara of Ichhakamana Rural Municipality-5 in both directions. According to police, the road has been obstructed after stones and landslides fell from above at Tuinkhola and Namsikhola of Ichhakamana-5. According to police, minor stones and mud fell at Tuinkhola, Namse bridge, 15 kilo and 17 kilo of Narayangadh-Muglin road section.

Landslides occurred at Krishnabhir and Jyamireghat of Rorang rural municipality-7 in Dhading along the Prithvi Highway. Landslides have also affected the road at Jarekhet of Gajuri rural municipality-6 and Kamerebhir of Thakre rural municipality-2, SP Pandey said.

He said that the work to clear the landslides that have occurred on the road in Krishnabhir, Simaldhara, Dharapani, Namsikhola and Tuin Khola is underway. However, due to incessant rains, the process of landslides has not stopped in many places and the road is not likely to be resumed immediately, SP Pandey said.

Vehicular movement along the Narayangadh-Muglin road and the Prithvi Highway has been suspended since last night due to increased risk. Police said that the administration has continued to ban vehicular movement after more landslides occurred at different places along the highway since this morning.

The gabin on the river side of the road at Krishnaclhir fell down a bit

The gabin on the river side of the road that has been opened at Krishna Bhir under the Prithvi Highway has come down a bit. According to Sajana Adhikari, chief of the Nagdhunga-Muglin Road Project (West Section), the new track opened on the upper part of the road has not been seen in any problem on the existing road. He said that the traffic has been stopped in view of the possibility of further damage due to incessant rains.

He said, “There has been a slight landslide from the upper part of the new track. There is not much problem in the place where we have covered the plastic. But a gabin has fallen down.” According to the chief officer, although the middle part of the gabin towards the road site has fallen somewhat, there has been no major damage to the road so far.

He said that it is not possible to operate traffic on the road at present as small landslides are taking place in the Krishnabhir area. Chief Adhikari said that the technical team is continuously monitoring the condition of the road due to rain.