Obstructed Palpa-Butwal road resumes

Palpa, Sept. 2: The obstructed Palpa-Butwal roadway under the Siddhartha Highway has resumed since Friday noon, allowing one-way traffic. 

Continuous rains caused subsidence of the road for nearly 40 meters at Hieudekhola of Tinau Rural Municipality-5 in Palpa district, disrupting the traffic since Thursday, according to the District Police Office, Palpa. 

Earlier, the road had one-way traffic briefly with the construction of a diversion. But, incessant rains blocked the road again. The situation has been risky as a landslide is occurring, said the police. 

Following the clearance of obstruction, stuck traffics commuting between Butwal, Bhairahawa, Pokhara, Gulmi, Syangja and Palpa have headed to their destinations. (RSS)