Landslide Blocks Lamjung-Manang Road

Lamjung. The Lamjung-Manang connecting road Besisahar-Chame road has been obstructed due to landslide. The District Police Office Lamjung has stated that the road has been obstructed by a landslide that occurred this morning in Kharakhare cliff of Besisahar Municipality-6 in Lamjung due to rain that has been falling since Thursday evening.

DSP Jitendra Kumar Basnet of the office said, “When the water falls heavily, there is a possibility of landslides in risky areas. Stones and soil have fallen from above the road, obstructing the road.” He said that dozens of vehicles going to the Himalayan district Manang and coming from the district to Besisahar and various places have been stranded due to the obstruction of the road.