GALESHWOR: The Beni-Jomsom road section of Kaligandaki corridor will remain closed for five hours a day from today.

Assistant Chief District Officer of Mustang Ram Chandra Dhakal said the road section will remain closed from 9 am to 11 am and from 2 pm to 5 pm from today due to road upgradation.

It will continue until March 29 starting today, according to Dhakal.

Kaligandaki corridor is only the highway that connects Manang and Mustang districts of Nepal that lie beyond the Himalayan range.

Nepal Army is demolishing rocks using explosives to widen the roads in various places including Kavrebhir.