Passengers endure two nights stranded on the road as Tuinkhola landslide blocks Narayanghat-Muglin section

Officials warn more landslides may block the Muglin-Narayanghat road section, and call for long-term fixes.

For Krishna Mahata, a government employee from Dillibazar, Kathmandu, and his wife Basanti, what began as a routine journey turned into an ordeal they will not soon forget. Boarding a bus in Dadeldhura on Thursday afternoon, they expected to reach Kathmandu by early Friday morning. Instead, their trip turned into a marathon of delays. By the time they reached Daunne in Nawalparasi, it was already five in the morning—and their bus was stuck in a long traffic jam. It took them until 5 pm on Friday just to reach Narayanghat.