Kathmandu. The Prithvi Highway has been blocked due to a landslide near Nagdi Khola of Ichchakamana Village Municipality-4 in Chitwan. According to the District Police Office, Chitwan, traffic on the Kathmandu-Muglin road has been completely closed due to the landslide at around 12:30 pm.
According to the District Police Office, Chitwan, work is underway to remove the landslide near Nagdi Khola, three kilometers from Muglin towards Kathmandu. Due to the landslide, vehicles coming towards Muglin and Kathmandu are stuck on the road.
Similarly, a bridge under construction at Jhorung Khola in Bigu Gaonpalika Ward No. 4 of Dolakha has collapsed. The bridge connecting ward no. 4 of Bigu village municipality with wards 5, 6, 7, and 8 has collapsed. The bridge has been destroyed by the flood that came in the vertical river on Saturday while the form was being supported and the rods were being prepared. However, the municipality had instructed the contractor to stop the work in mid-June due to suspicion of technical glitches.
The bridge, estimated to cost Rs 34.7 million, was being constructed under a contract of Triveni Vaniya Lafa JV at a cost of Rs 21.6 million. Single Hydropower had invested 80 percent and Big Municipality had invested 20 percent in the bridge.
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