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Vehicular movement along the Kaligandaki corridor has been obstructed following a rockslide at Baralla in Kaligandaki Rural Municipality-6, Gulmi.

Rural Municipality Chairman Bed Bahadur Thapa informed that efforts are being made to remove the rock.

A police team led by Assistant Inspector of Police, Dev Bahadur Bhujel, has been mobilized from Bhurtung towards the incident site, according to Inspector of Police, Narayan Prasad Adhikari.

People have been urged to adopt alternative routes following the road disruption.

The passengers travelling via the corridor to reach Parbat, Baglung and Pokhara have been badly affected with the road blockade.

A track of road connecting Myagdi and Dhorpatan of Baglung has been opened. The road is considered an alternative route to the Baglung section along the Mid Hill Highway and a ‘lifeline’ of Mangala, Malika, and Dhawalagiri municipalities in Myagdi. The Beni-Darwang-Muna-Jaljala-Dhorpatan road is a short route connecting Dhorpatan with eastern Rukum from Kathmandu and Pokhara via Benighat.

With the federal government budget of Rs 50m, the Road Division Office in Baglung has constructed the track of the road from Dhawalagiri-2, Mereni to Jaljala in Dhorpatan, informed Chairperson of Dhawalagiri Rural Municipality, Prem Prasad Pun. “About nine kilometers of road track has been constructed from the forest above Mereni towards Jaljala. A 10-km dirt road had already connected from Dhorpatan to Jaljala,” he said.

“Although the dozer has reached Jaljala, transportation can only start after the leveling work is completed.” Construction of the road had started from Beni some 27 years ago. A track having a length of around 64 kilometers from Benighat to Jaljala through Muna-Khoriya-Mareni has been opened. It is stated that construction of the road from Benighat to Takshera in the eastern Rukum would shorten the distance by 70 kilometers compared to the Baglung section of the Mid-Hill Highway.

A person died while four others sustained injuries in a tractor accident at Khallachaur of Chandannath Municipality-7 in Jumla district last night.

The deceased has been identified as Jokhi Sarki (48). She breathed her last while receiving treatment at Karnali Academy of Health Sciences.

Assistant Inspector of Police Rohit Rasaili informed that the tractor (Lu 2 Ta 1115) was heading towards Talium from Airport when the incident occurred.

Debu Sarki (29), Maina Murali Sarki (35), Ranga Sarki (48) and driver Santosh Sarki (22) were injured in the incident. They are undergoing treatment at the same hospital, and are out of risk.

Some parts of Koshi, Madhesh, Bagmati and Gandaki Provinces are currently witnessing the impact of monsoon wind. Similar weather is in the eastern belt of Lumbini Province.

The Weather Forecasting Division has informed that there is also a partial effect of westerly and local winds in the western parts of the country.

Partial and generally cloudy weather is forecasted throughout the day today, while some parts of all provinces are getting light to moderate rainfall with thunder and lightning.

Few places of Koshi, Bagmati and Gandaki Provinces are predicted to have heavy to excessive rainfall. Some parts of high hills and mountains in these provinces are forecasted to have snowfall.

Even Lumbini Province will have heavy rainfall in a few places.