Mud and steep cliffs hamper efforts to reopen flood-hit roads

Twenty-four days after the Bhotekoshi floods, Rasuwa and Nuwakot remain cut off from each other, while Dhading district headquarters also lacks a direct road link.

Mud, unstable ground and steep cliffs are hampering efforts to reopen the Dhunge-Betrawati road, a key route linking the flood-hit areas with the rest of the country.