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Landslides obstruct Chepang road partially restored

Chitwan. The Chepang road from Bhandara in Chitwan to Malekhu of Dhading has been obstructed due to landslides along the East-West Highway.

The 66-kilometer-long road linking two districts and two highways has been obstructed due to a landslide at Beldanda of Rapti Municipality-11. The road has not been fully operational up to Malekhu due to landslides in other places as well.TAG_OPEN_div_35

} Locals have been compelled to risk their lives on the road due to landslides on this road section which was included in the budget speech of 2066 BS.

On Tuesday, a team led by Chief District Officer Ganesh Aryal was stranded on the way to distribute citizenship certificates to Kalitar, a remote area of Rapti district.TAG_OPEN_div_31

Ashok Kumar Praja, ward chairman of Rapti Municipality-13, urged Chief District Officer Aryal to resume the road despite repeated efforts following the landslide.TAG_OPEN_div_29

TAG_OPEN_div_27 In the process, the citizenship distribution team was also compelled to cross the landslide by taking risk.

According to ward chair Praja, the locals have been facing a lot of trouble due to landslides at various places along the road. He said, “Due to the bad condition of the road, we have to take the goods in a bolero vehicle, in some places even people are not able to walk.”TAG_OPEN_div_25 ”

{{TAG_OPEN_div_23} In the same period, the locals also requested CDO Aryal to improve the road. However, the road has been opened to some extent since Wednesday, said ward chair Praja.

The District TAG_OPEN_div_21 Administration Office, Chitwan on Tuesday distributed citizenship cards to remote areas of Kalitar and Ward No. 12 of Rapti municipality-13, Kalitar and Ward No. 12, Yauralitar.

The administrative team distributed the citizenship and the team of the District Election Office has also collected the necessary details for the registration of names in the voters’ list. If this road is fully operational, the Narayangadh-Muglin road section and the Krishnabhir landslide can be used as an alternative route.

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