Vehicular movement halted on BP Highway after rain

Kavrepalanchowk, April 25: Vehicular movement along the BP Highway has been closed since this afternoon over the security concern in the aftermath of rain. The District Police Office, Dhulikhel, decided to shut the highway section from Katunje of Namobuddha to Mangaltar of Roshi starting at 3:30 pm.

The rains caused significant flooding in the Roshi River, and movement was prohibited to prevent any untoward incidents, said the office’s information officer, Deputy Superintendent of Police Rabin Bista. The public has been urged to check updates on highway conditions before traveling via this route. Travel along the highway has been discouraged until further notice.

Previous floods and landslides in the area had swept away 18 kilometers of roadway in the Roshi and Nepalthok areas of Sindhuli. A temporary diversion was constructed to restore transport services. The highway was also damaged over a stretch of 4 kilometers by rainfall in the first week of April.

Following the obstruction, vehicles en route to their destinations have been halted at Kavrebhanjyang in Dhulikhel and Nepalthok in Sindhuli.

Unprecedented rainfall in late September 2024 had severely damaged the Chaukidanda–Nepalthok route along the Highway.  Since then, vehicles have been operating via temporarily constructed roads and diversions. Permanent restoration work on the roadway is presently underway, according to the Division Office, Bhaktapur. (RSS)