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Traffic has been disrupted on the Butwal-Narayangadh road following the heavy rainfall on Wednesday. 

The Daunne section of Binayi Triveni Rural Municipality-2 in Nawalparasi (Bardaghat Sustaeast) along the East-West Highway has been completely blocked after roads turned slippery due to the rain.

The road near Ghiukhola and Bishwakarma Temple in Daunne has become muddy and slippery, and vehicles have stuck on the road, said Superintendent of Police Yubaraj Khadka of the District Police Office, Nawalparasi. The road has become muddy and slippery due to rain since Wednesday afternoon, causing traffic jams.

The Narayangadh-Butwal Road Project has stated that efforts are being made to repair the road by laying gravel in the Daunne section. 

As the construction work on the Daunne section under the Butwal-Narayangadh road expansion has not been completed, it remains blocked even after minor rainfall.

Police have handed over a French national found stranded at Pashupatinath temple premises to the Department of Immigration. 

After a video showing the French national stranded at Pashupatinath was made public, a police team traced him and handed him over to the DoI, spokesperson at the Kathmandu Police, Pawan Kumar Bhattarai said. 

 “After the video showing the French citizen in a helpless condition was made public, it came to know during our inquiry that none of his belongings were stolen or looted, so we handed him over to the Department,” he added. 

Similarly, the police indicated that the French citizen had been living in Nepal for the past six years with his Nepali spouse, and they had left their passports, mobile phone, laptop, and other belongings at the hotel they were staying due to financial reasons. 

Mustang has received snowfall for the seventh time this season. 

Snowfall has been reported in Baragung Mukti Kshetra and Upper Mustang since 11 am today.

Earlier, Mustang had also received heavy snowfall last Saturday and Monday. 

The first snowfall occurred in late October and has been receiving snowfall and rain since then.

Even though the summer season has begun snowfall has not stopped, making it difficult for tourists to visit Muktinath Temple and Upper Mustang. 

Ward Chair of Baragung Mukti Kshetra-1, Pramesh Gurung, said that even during the summer season there is difficulty in the movement of pilgrims due to snowfall.

The daily life of the locals has been affected as the cold weather has increased due to snowfall in Upper Mustang.

The annual report of the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has been presented in the National Assembly, the upper house of the Federal Parliament.

Minister for Federal Affairs and General Administration, Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation, Pratibha Rawal, presented the Commission's annual report for the fiscal year 2081/082 on behalf of Prime Minister Balendra Shah in today's meeting of the National Assembly.

In the meeting, National Assembly Chair Narayan Prasad Dahal had briefed on the letter from the President's office regarding the reshuffle in the order of precedence of some members of the Council of Ministers.

The National Assembly shall meet next at 4:15pm on Friday.