Will travel along BP Highway be smooth by Dashain?

Officials admit repairs are slow but assure travellers that temporary fixes and rapid response teams will keep the BP Highway open for the festival, later this month.

When massive floods in September last year washed away eight kilometres of the BP Highway, travelers heading east from Kathmandu for the Dashain, a major Hindu festival, were left stranded. The disaster came just days before the country’s biggest holiday, leaving thousands unable to reach their homes on time. Journeys that usually took a day stretched into two through difficult alternative routes, while many abandoned their Dashain travel plans.