KATHMANDU: The Karnali Highway has been blocked again following a dry landslide in Dailekh.
The highway was blocked after a dry landslide fell from above at Bhamlu Khola in Dullu Municipality-1, Dailekh, along the Surkhet-Jumla section last night.
According to Shrawan Kumar Mahatara, chief of the Road Division Office, Jumla, the highway had reopened on Tuesday afternoon after remaining blocked since Bhadra 20 due to landslides at Pili in Khandachakra Municipality, Gagane Khola in Shubhakalika Rural Municipality and S-Mound in Kalikot.
The District Police Office, Dailekh, said the highway was blocked again by the landslide at Bhamlu Khola last night.
A police team from the Tallo Dungeshwor Police Post was deployed to the site on Wednesday morning. Police said efforts to clear the landslide and reopen the road have begun in coordination with the Road Division Office, Surkhet.
The disruption has caused difficulties for passengers traveling from Humla, Mugu, Jumla and Kalikot toward Surkhet, Nepalgunj and Kathmandu.
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