Road collapses at Daunne, causing hours-long traffic

This has caused a traffic bottleneck on one of the busiest stretches of the East-West Highway. Kalikot-Jumla road blockage cleared by blasting rocks.

A road collapsed at Daunne along the East-West Highway at around 4pm on Monday, leaving just one lane open for the traffic on the narrow cliffside road. Passengers were caught in hours-long traffic jams following the road collapse. On Tuesday, the district administration issued a notice halting transportation in the Daunne area from 8am onwards for repair work, causing kilometers long traffic jams. However, the local administration was forced to reopen one lane to ease traffic jams.