Landslides block major Karnali roads after continuous rain
Several hill routes are shut or disrupted as police urge drivers to move carefully.
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Onlinekhabar reports the Syangja section of the Siddhartha Highway has reopened after police cleared landslides at several points, while the Galyang-3 Chinnepani stretch is now operating one-way. Police also urged people to avoid nonessential travel because more landslides remain possible during the continuous rain.
Onlinekhabar reports that landslides have fully blocked the Dhulikhel-Khawa section of the Araniko Highway in Kavrepalanchok, while the Muglin-Narayangadh road at Simaltal is operating one-way after the Trishuli River eroded the roadbed and caused about half the road to sink.
Onlinekhabar reports that landslides have also blocked the Prithvi Highway in both directions at Krishnabhir and Tingrangkhani in Dhading’s Benighat Rorang area. Ward chair Kumar Basnet told the outlet that ongoing rain is still bringing down mudslide debris at Krishnabhir, leaving the road fully closed.
Onlinekhabar reports that continuous rain has triggered landslides across Karnali Province, disrupting transport on several key routes. The affected roads include the Mid-Hill Highway, Karnali Highway, Rapti Highway and Jajarkot’s Chedathalah road, according to the outlet. On the Mid-Hill Highway in Rukum West, a landslide has fully blocked the China Bagar-to-Sisnekhola section in Sanibheri Rural Municipality. Road Division Office Chaurjahari chief Khum Bahadur Bhandari told Onlinekhabar that machinery has been deployed, with a target to reopen that stretch in about two hours. Karnali Province Police said landslides have also blocked sections in Kalikot’s Shubhakalika-1, the Jumla-to-Mugu road, Jajarkot’s Lewabhir inner road, and Salyan’s Kapurkot-5 Sarkhola area. Police urged travelers and drivers to use caution as landslides increase on hill roads during continued rain.
Why it matters: For DMV Nepalis tracking family travel back home, this is the kind of road disruption that can quickly change plans across Karnali and nearby hill corridors. If people you know are moving through these routes, local police and road updates matter before departure.
Sources
- Onlinekhabar: पहिरोले कर्णालीका प्रमुख सडकहरू अवरुद्ध
- Onlinekhabar: पहिरोका कारण पृथ्वी राजमार्गको कृष्णभिर र तिङग्राङखानीमा सडक अवरुद्ध
- Onlinekhabar: चोलेन्द्रका भाइ प्रभुशम्शेर भन्छन्– ‘जेनजीहरुबाट तपाईंलाई थ्रेट छ भन्दै दाइलाई पक्राउ गरिएछ’
- Onlinekhabar: पहिरोले अरनिको राजमार्गको धुलिखेल-खावा खण्ड पूर्णरुपमा अवरूद्ध
- Onlinekhabar: मुग्लिन-नारायणगढ खण्डको सिमलतालमा सडक भासियो
- Onlinekhabar: बाँकेमा हावाहुरीले धानबालीमा क्षति
- Onlinekhabar: खराब मौसमले भरतपुर र तुम्लिङटार विमानस्थलको उडान प्रभावित
- Onlinekhabar: सिद्धार्थ राजमार्गको स्याङ्जा–गल्याङ सडकखण्ड सञ्चालनमा आयो
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