Gorkha, July 18 : The Benighat-Aarughat road in Gorkha has been blocked after the flood damaged a diversion made over the Jadul river.
The Jadul river diversion
connecting Bhimsen Thapa Rural Municipality-7 and Sahid Lakhan Rural
Municipality-9 was washed away bring traffic to a halt, said Ward Chair of
Bhimsen Thapa Rural Municipality-7, Narayan Shrestha.
The diversion was built last year.
The wall on the right and left side of the diversion bridge has been swept away
by flood water.
As a result, traffic has come to a
complete standstill on the Benighat-Aarughat road section. This has also
affected passenger vehicles that regularly operate from Kathmandu to Arkhet
through Benighat, ward chair Shrestha said. (RSS)