Landslide obstructs Pasang Lhamu road

RASUWA: A landslide following incessant rainfall on Wednesday night has caused partial damages to Pasang Lhamu road along Majhgaun-Bogatitar section.

Heavy vehicles are stranded on the highway to Rasuwagadhi, after the gabion wall constructed last year collapsed.

According to Chief District Officer, Bed Nidhi Khanal, movement of heavy vehicles has been restricted along the road section from today until next notice.  There is a risk in surrounding settlements after the gabion box of the wall has fallen along the roadside.

The District Disaster Management Committee said the landslide caused damages to Pasanglahmu road after the bodies concerned turned deaf ear to the request of cleaning drainage continuously, giving an outlet to water to another place from the pipe, and opening an alternative route.

With the damages to the road, 150 containers heading towards Kathmandu from China carrying different types of goods are stranded in Rasuwagadhi.

Entrepreneurs have requested the bodies concerned to bring the road section into operation by carrying out repair and maintenance of the road. They have called for easing the vehicular movement by carrying out repair and maintenance of rural roads– Bogatitar-Banuwa and Ambhanjyang Simle, Taruke and Dharapani roads as an alternative route.

Divisional Engineer of Division Road Office, Nuwakot, Subodh Devkota, mentioned that repair and maintenance of rural road – Dharapani, Belchour and Simle was underway from today itself in the first phase to operate it as an alternative route.