Sindhuli section of Mid-Hill Highway obstructed

Sindhuli, Aug 2: The Sindhuli section of the Mid-Hill Highway has been obstructed since this morning. 

The road section has remained disrupted with the pile-up of debris after landslide. 

Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) at District Police Office Sindhuli, Surya Prakash Subedi, informed that the local road has been blocked due to landslide in Golanjhor Rural Municipality-6, Akarebhir. 

As a result of the incessant rainfall last night, an 11-wheeler truck (Na 7 Kha 7890) carrying buffalo from Okhaldhunga to Kathmandu got stuck in the mudslide, he shared. 

DSP Subedi said that efforts are being made to pull out the truck from mud. 

Three trucks have been stuck at 

various places on the local road. 

A landslide that occurred on the Mid-Hill Highway in Golanjhor Rural Municipality-6, Baleni, has blocked the traffic. 

With the road disruption, vehicles plying on the Khurkot-Ghumri road section are being halted in Khurkot. Vehicles heading from eastern districts including Okhaldhunga, Solukhumbu, and Bhojpur will have to wait for some time. 

The police shared that efforts are underway to remove the landslide debris from the road. 

Continuous rainfall has occurred in Sindhuli since last night. (RSS)