Landslide Disrupts Apple Transportation in Gorkha

Gorkha. Apples produced in the Manaslu region have been piled up in warehouses after the Budhi Gandaki flood washed away bridges and roads. Businessman Lakpa Dundup Lama complained that there is no alternative for transportation, forcing them to store apples in warehouses.

On August 25, a landslide in Ungilung Khola in Chumanubri Rural Municipality-6 caused a flood that washed away dozens of bridges and roads along the Budhi Gandaki river bank in the lower downstream areas. This has caused problems in movement. The flood also blocked the Benighat Arughat Larke road, considered the lifeline of northern Gorkha. The road was blocked from Sirdibas in Chumanubri Rural Municipality to Arkhet in Arughat.