Myagdi. The Beni-Jomsom-Korala road along the Kaligandaki Corridor, which was blocked due to floods and landslides following the recent monsoon-induced disaster, has been repaired at different places.

The road was blocked due to floods and landslides at 55 different places along the road. The flood in the Kaligandaki River following the rain of September 22 has eroded and swept away the roads at 10 places. Chief of the Beni-Jomsom-Korala Road Project, Tejaswi Sharma, said that the preliminary repair work has been completed by Tuesday except the approach road and bridge at Pokhrebagar of Annapurna Rural Municipality of Myagdi and Kunauta in Raghuganga Rural Municipality-2.

} “The road from Maldhunga to Kunauta, Korala to Pokharebagar road bridge has been repaired to allow the operation of heavy vehicles,” he said, adding that the landslide clearance works have been completed at Ratopani, Dhirchyang, Bhirkate, Mahabhir, Tiplang and Begkhola between Pokharebagar and Kunauta. ”

The flood swept away 250 meters of the road and the approach road to the bridge at Pokhrebagar making it impossible for pedestrians in Kunauta. In Kunauta, a gabion wall is being constructed by deploying tippers with four excavators and by mobilizing workers and equipment.