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Traffic along the Kanti Highway has been obstructed due to a landslide at Bhattedanda, the bordering area of Lalitpur and Makawanpur districts.

The vehicular movement has been obstructed due to the landslide following rainfall for the past some days.

The District Police Office, Makawanpur, said that they are facing difficulties to clear the debris due to continuous rainfall.

Spokesperson of District Police Office, Makawanpur, Tek Bahadur Karki said that preparations are underway to resume the vehicular movement by this afternoon after clearing the landslide debris if there is an improvement on weather.  

Karki, however, said that traffic along the Tribhuvan Highway, East-West Highway and Bhimphedi-Kulekhani road section has not been disrupted in the district.

Vehicular movement along the Melamchi-Helambu road section in Sindhupalchowk has been obstructed due to the flood triggered by incessant rainfall in Melamchi river.

The flood in Melamchi river has blocked road section.

Efforts of Helambu Rural Municipality to clear the obstruction could not yield result due to continuous rainfall.

Local resident Shyam Chalise said that the flood has blocked the road at Simkhet in Melamchi as well.

The municipality has said that the workers are facing hardships to resume the road after the continuous rain.

Likewise, the flood has washed away the toilets of Saraswoti Secondary School at Helambu-4 and the classrooms are at high risk of flooding, Apsari Lamichhane, Vice-Chairperson of Helambu Rural Municipality said.

Currently, the school is working to shift the academic materials and furniture.

According to Lamichhane, the school and Galthyum bazaar are also at risk of flooding.

Police have arrested a Filipino with undeclared money that he was attempting to take abroad illegally from Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA).

DSP and Nepal Police spokesperson Kuber Kadayat said that the arrestee has been identified as Arsino JR Mesa (32).

Police said that they have recovered USD 3,000 and Rs 850,000 from the Filipino’s possession.

Arsino was apprehended when he was about to board a flight to Dubai.

Kadayat said that the Filipino has been sent to Revenue Investigation Department (RID) for investigation.

Flights have been affected in Karnali for the past two days due to bad weather. The flights have been disrupted as it has been raining continuously.

Flights could not take place to and from Juphal airport in Dolpa, Simkot airport in Humla and Talcha airport in Mugu due to the incessant rainfall.

Rajendra Thakulla, an engineer with the Thulibheri Municipality, Dolpa, said he is stranded in Nepalgunj due to the disruption of flight. "It has been two days waiting for the flight to operate. I have not been able to fly to Dolpa due to the bad weather. There is also the problem of travelling by road," he lamented.

Most of the people in these remote mountainous districts of the Karnali Province rely on flights as most of the roads are damaged due to floods and landslides during the monsoon. They are affected as the flights also could not operate due to unfavorable weather.

Although Dolpa is linked by roadway, there is still the problem of travelling by road in the rainy season. Road travel has become risky as the water level in rivers and streams has increased.

Humla is not yet linked by road.