Two-way traffic resumes on Prithvi Highway after landslide clearance

CHITWAN: Two-way vehicular movement has resumed along the Prithvi Highway following the clearance of a dry landslide at Ghoptebhir

CHITWAN: Two-way vehicular movement has resumed along the Prithvi Highway following the clearance of a dry landslide at Ghoptebhir.

Traffic operations resumed at 1:30 pm today after authorities cleared the landslide debris at Ghoptebhir in Ichchhakamana Rural Municipality-4, which had blocked the highway earlier in the morning.

According to Sachendra Mishra, information officer at the Nagdhunga-Muglin Road Project, West Section, vehicular movement, which had been disrupted by the landslide, has now returned to normal.

The debris was cleared with the help of six machines, including loaders and excavators, deployed from the Muglin and Dhading sides.