Landslide obstructs Dumre-Besisahar road

Lamjung, July 18 :  The Dumre-Besisahar road section has been obstructed since last night due to incessant rain-triggered floods and landslides.  

  
Police Inspector at the District Police Office Jagadish Regmi informed us the landslide occurred at Deuralidanda in Besisahar municipality-1, Udaipur along the road section has disrupted traffic.

    
He shared mud-sliding from above the road that links Udaipur Bazaar through Shree Jung Battalion Nepal Army, Ritthebagar has halted road traffic. 

   
According to security sources, the Marsyangdi River has eroded land from below and a mudslide above has collapsed a three-meter section of the road.   

 
No vehicular movement took place since early this morning due to road obstruction.    

Vehicles bound to Kathmandu, Pokhara, Chitwan, Gorkha, and Tanahun from Besisahar are not being operated due to road obstruction.    

With the frequent disruption of the 42-km road section due to floods and landslides, the passengers are facing increasing troubles in their travel along the road. (RSS)