Active dry Jalebagar landslide threatens lives

Landslips have been occurring along about 150-metre stretch of Jayaprithvi Highway for the past 3 months, but authorities have yet to find a solution.

A passenger bus heading for Dhangadhi, the provincial headquarters of Sudurpaschim, from Chainpur had a narrow escape from a potential accident at the Jalebagar area along Jayaprithvi Highway on Thursday after its rear wheels slipped nearly one metre off the edge of a landslide-hit stretch before the driver managed to deftly manouevre the bus to safety. With continuous dry landslips in the stretch, the bus risked either falling off the edge or being crushed by falling rocks and soil.