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Kathmandu Wednesday July 18, 2001 Shrawan 01, 2058.
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Landslide blocks Siddhartha highway
Post Report
BUTWAL, July 17 - Transport service on the Siddhartha highway from
Butwal to Tansen, Tmaghas and Pokhara has been disrupted due to heavy
landslide at Dobhan triggered by torrential rainfall on Monday, police
said.
Police and workers from the Road Department in Palpa are removing debris
at Dobhan, about four km away from Butwal, on Tuesday afternoon.
Technicians working at the landslide site said that the road would not
be opened for transport till the next 24 hours as a lot of heavy rocks
have piled up on the road.
Engineer Rupak Rajbhandari said there could be further mountainslide
even if the fallen rocks were removed. He said that a contingent of the
Royal Nepal Army from Tansen was using explosives to remove the heavy
rocks and bulldozers were seen clearing the road to resume transport as
soon as possible.
This is the most vulnerable section of the highway where landslide
blocks the highway during the monsoon.
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