Flood-landslide-damaged Beni-Jomsom road repair begins

लगानी न्यूज

१५ आश्विन २०८३, बिहीबार ०७:५६October 1, 2026

Myagdi. The Beni-Jomsom road linking Beni, the district headquarters of Myagdi, to the tourist district Mustang, which was damaged by floods and landslides following the latest rainfall, has begun.

The Beni-Jomsom Korala road project has started repairing the road from Jomsom and Beni. Project chief Tejashwi Sharma said that the road from Jomsom to Nagdhunga of Annapurna Rural Municipality-2 of Myagdi has been repaired.TAG_OPEN_div_29

“Erosion, flood and landslide in the Kaligandaki River have damaged 46 places on the 202-km Beni-Jomsom-Korala road”, he said.TAG_OPEN_div_27 ”

Equipment and TAG_OPEN_div_25 labourers from the Department of Roads, Hydropower Project and contractors have been mobilized for the repair of the road from Tilkenichaur of Raghuganga Rural Municipality-3 to Bhurung-Tatopani section of Annapurna Rural Municipality.

Project Chief Sharma said that the repair of the approach road to the road bridge that was swept away by the Kaligandaki flood on September 26 will also be started from today. Due to the obstruction of the Beni-Jomsom road, the transport connection with Korala, a trade transit point with China as an alternative to Rasuwa and Tatopani border points, has been cut off.TAG_OPEN_div_23

Hundreds of containers going to collect goods at Korala border point have been stuck in Mustang. Transportation has been cut off from Annapurna and Raghuganga rural municipalities of Mustang and Myagdi. Apples and potatoes produced in Mustang have not been able to be sent to the market. There is a problem in transporting sheep and mountain goats for sale in the market for Dashain.

Tourist activities have come to a standstill. Bharat Kumar Pun, chairman of Annapurna Rural Municipality, said that they have to take helicopter help to deliver relief materials to flood-affected areas and to take patients with serious nature to hospitals.

TAG_OPEN_div_18Efforts have been made to open the road by adopting the option of cutting, filling, diversion, opening of new roads. There is a challenge to open the road in the premises of the powerhouse of Rahughat Hydropower Project at Tilkenichaur. Earlier, the river was washed away near the switchyard of the project by eroding the Kaligandaki river at the place where the road was located.

Two alternative towers that are not in use of switchyards have to be removed to open the road. Chief District Officer Ganesh Gaire said that a letter has been sent to the Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA), the promoter of Rahughat Raghuganga Hydropower, to remove the towers. He said that efforts have also been made to facilitate the supply of fuel for road maintenance.