Floods and landslides disrupt Korola road section in Mustang

लगानी न्यूज

१४ कार्तिक २०८२, शुक्रबार १२:५३October 31, 2025

Mustang. Landslides have damaged the Jomsom-Korala road section, a national pride project, at half a dozen places. According to the District Administration Office, Mustang, vehicular movement has been disrupted due to landslides in different places from Jomsom to Kagbeni and from Kagbeni to Chusang.

Chief District Officer of Mustang, Bishnu Prasad Bhusal, informed that landslides have caused damages to the road structure at three places near Panda Khola on the Jomsom-Kagbeni road section.TAG_OPEN_div_26 According to him, the blacktopping of the road two kilometres away from Jomsom has caved in, increasing the risk. According to Chief District Officer Bhusal, around 25 meters road has been washed away due to incessant rain.

TAG_OPEN_div_24 The flood in Panda River on Thursday evening damaged the road structure. However, he said that the security agency has brought the transport into operation even though it is on a temporary basis.

Muktinath pilgrims travelling from Jomsom to Kagbeni have been stranded at Jomsom due to landslides at four places along the Jomsom-Kagbeni road section.TAG_OPEN_div_22 “Landslides are taking place at different places along the Muktinath-Jomsom road section, and we are trying to remove the vehicles and passengers stranded above the road by opening the road,” said Chief District Officer Bhusal. ’

Chief District Officer Bhusal said that they would be allowed to go up the road only after assessing the condition of the road if the rain stops.TAG_OPEN_div_20 Similarly, a public taxi was damaged in the landslide along the Jomsom-Kagbeni road section, while an Indian car got stuck in the landslide, said Chhiring Kippa Lama, Deputy Superintendant of Police (DSP) at the District Police Office, Mustang. Efforts are underway to pull out the Indian vehicle trapped due to the landslide, he added.

Floods and landslides have obstructed the road at half a dozen places along the Kagbeni-Chusang road section.TAG_OPEN_div_18 The flood in the rivulet between Tangbe-Chusang has damaged the Korala road, said Baragung Mukti Chhetra rural municipality-3 chair Binod Gurung. According to him, the Kagbeni-Korala road has been completely obstructed since Thursday evening.

Ward Chair Gurung said that 17 passengers stranded due to road disruption due to rain have been taken to Green Tangbe house at Baragung-3.TAG_OPEN_div_16 He said that the plan is to bring them closer to the settlement after the rain stops.

A team comprising Chief District Officer Bishnu Prasad Bhusal, Armed Police Force Deputy Superintendent Bhesh Raj Giri and Deputy Superintendent of Police Tshering Kippa Lama among others inspected the blocked Jomsom-Kagbeni road this morning.TAG_OPEN_div_14 According to the District Administration Office, Mustang, it may take two ÷or three days to repair the Jomsom-Kagbeni road.