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Landslide disrupts Kanti Highway



Landslide (image)
Landslide (image)

Kathmandu, June 30: The vehicular movement along a section of the Kanti Highway has been obstructed after a landslide occurred near Bagmati bridge at Bhattedanda of Lalitpur this morning. The site is some two kilometres away from the bordering area of Lalitpur and Makawanpur districts.

Police Inspector of District Police Office, Makawanpur, Ramchandra Ghimire said that the landslide could be cleared after improvement in the weather.

Likewise, the police have asked the drivers en route to Kathmandu from Hetauda to stop at Thingan area.

Similarly, all the vehicles to Chitwan from Kathmandu have been diverted to Tribhuvan Highway after the landslide along the Muglin-Narayanghat road section, Police Inspector Ghimire said.