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Due to Saturday’s rain, diversions at various places were washed away at the BP Highway section. Many passengers are stranded on the highway where local hoteliers and Nepal Police are distributing fruits, noodles, water and other items to them. Passengers stranded at Roshi River were given food and a place to stay. 

According to Ishwor Karki, Chief Police Inspector of the Area Police Office, Mangaltar, The road is not possible to be opened by Sunday evening. This highway has been blocked since 4pm on Saturday.

The government has continued demolition of squatters' huts and houses by evacuating the illegal dwellers in various public places, especially the river bank of Kathmandu Valley.

On the second day of the evacuation and demolition drive, security forces reached Manohara river bank in Bhaktapur along with heavy equipment and operators early this morning. 

They began flattening the illegal structures from 9 am..

Chief of District Police Premises, Surya Bahadur Khadka, said that the demolition of illegal structures kicked off with mobilization of 1,300 Nepal Police personnel and 600 Armed Police Force personnel from Bhaktapur district.

Some persons settling illegally had said they would dismantle their huts till 9 am. Then, the demolition team including Kathmandu Metropolitan City's dozers reached the site and began to clean up.

The structures were flattened only after the settlers evacuated with removal of their chattels. There are 777 huts in the riverbank settlement, which are raised over time. 

Seven concrete houses set up illegally were razed on Saturday evening, which, however, faced hostility by the squatters, leaving 22 security personnel injured.

Two thousand four hundred and ninety-two drivers have been penalized for violating traffic rules in the past 24 hours.

This has resulted in a revenue collection of Rs 504,000 for the state treasury.

According to the Kathmandu Valley Traffic Police Office, 68 people faced police action for driving after consuming drugs, 275 for illegal 'ride sharing', 145 for violating traffic signals, and 183 for driving vehicles at high speed.

Similarly, 96 people were penalized for not following lane discipline, 75 for honking in prohibited areas, 59 for violating the rules of boarding and alighting passengers at designated places, and 1,413 others for not complying with other traffic rules.

Due to the partial influence of the Westerly and local winds, it is cloudy in various parts of the country.

At present, the hilly and mountainous regions of the country, including Koshi, Madhesh, Bagmati, Gandaki and Lumbini Provinces, have generally cloudy conditions while the Tarai region of Sudurpashchim Province is mainly clear.

Moderate rainfall and snowfall are occurring in some areas of Koshi, Gandaki, and Lumbini Provinces and in one or two places in Bagmati Province.

According to the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology, the weather will be generally cloudy in the Koshi, Madhesh, Bagmati and Gandaki Provinces as well as in the hilly and mountainous regions, while the rest of the areas will be partly cloudy this afternoon. 

There are chances of moderate rain and snowfall with thunder and lightning in some places of Koshi, Bagmati and Gandaki Provinces, as well as in Lumbini, Karnali, and Sudurpashchim provinces, including Madhes.

Rain is also predicted in one or two places in the Tarai region of Lumbini Province. There is a possibility of temperatures rising in the Tarai region of Lumbini and Sudurpashchim Province.

Similarly, tonight there will generally be cloudy weather in the hilly and mountainous regions of the country and partly cloudy in the Tarai region. 

There is a possibility of light rain and snowfall in some places of the hilly regions of Koshi, Madhesh, Bagmati and Gandaki Provinces, as well as in the hilly regions of Lumbini, Karnali and Sudurpashchim Provinces.

At the same time, the temperature is gradually increasing in most parts of the country. The Department predicts a rise in temperature in the Tarai, valleys and basins of Lumbini and Sudurpaschim Provinces. 

The Department has requested the general public in these areas to remain vigilant.