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Vehicular movement along the Kanti highway (Hetauda-Kathmandu) has been obstructed due to a rockslide. The rockslide that occurred at Ghattepakha of Bakaiya Municipality-11 blocked the roadway, disrupting traffic.

Spokesperson at District Police Office, Makwanpur, Pushkar Bogati, informed that currently, efforts were on to clear the obstruction. The rocks are being removed from the road with the use of a dozer.

Meanwhile, the Hetauda-Kathmandu roadway via Dakshinkali is yet to resume. The landslide occurred at Jyamire of Indrasarobar Rural Municipality-3 causing the disruption since Saturday evening.

Bogati further said that with the obstruction of roadways linking Kathmandu to Hetauda, the passengers are stranded along the roadway.

The authorities concerned are working to clear the obstruction.

Police have urged all concerned to use alternative routes till roads are maintained.

Nepal witnessed as many as 4,597 disaster-related incidents in the last six-and-half months.

The incidents were recorded since the New Year, 2082. A total of 335 persons lost lives in the disasters.

Spokesperson at National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority (NDRRMA), Shanti Mahat, informed that 41 persons had gone missing while 1,264 were injured in the landslides and floods during this period.

NDRRMA documented 316 floods where 37 lost lives, while 27 persons went missing. Similarly, 67 persons were killed in 550 landslides.

Other incidents causing human and physical loss are lightning, snakebite, animal attack, fire, avalanche and storm.

The Montha cyclone originated from the Bay of Bengal is gradually weakening. However, clear weather is awaited.

The cyclone had impacted the weather across the country.

The Department of Hydrology and Meteorology has predicted light rainfall and snowfall in few places of Koshi, Bagmati and Gandaki Provinces. Similarly, the hilly region will be partly cloudy.

Both the westerly wind and the low-pressure belt formed in the Arabian Sea have a strong impact in our system at present.

It will be generally cloudy in Koshi, Bagmati and Gandaki Provinces during the day, while some hilly regions and Madhes Province will be partly cloudy.

Remaining places are predicted to have clear weather.

Nepal is currently experiencing the influence of western winds and a low-pressure system formed in the Arabian Sea.

The Meteorological Forecasting Division stated that the Koshi, Madhesh, Bagmati, Gandaki and Lumbini Provinces will generally be cloudy, while the remaining provinces will have partly cloud cover.

This afternoon, a few places in Bagmati, Gandaki and Lumbini Provinces, some places in Koshi and Madhesh Provinces, and one or two places in Karnali Province are likely to receive light rain.

The Division has indicated that a few places in the high hill and mountainous areas of Koshi, Bagmati and Gandaki Provinces may receive moderate snowfall, and one or two places in the high hill and mountainous areas of Karnali Province may experience light snowfall.

Tonight, Koshi, Bagmati and Gandaki Provinces will generally be cloudy, while the remaining provinces will have partly cloudy skies.

A few places in the hilly and mountainous areas of Koshi, Bagmati and Gandaki Provinces are likely to experience light rain or snowfall.