Three major highways have been obstructed due to landslides triggered by torrential rainfall.

Banespa-Sindhuli-Bardibas (BP) Highway, Hetauda-Sindhuli-Gaighat-Chatara (Madan Bhandari) Highway and Khurkot-Ghurmi road section of Madhyapahadi (Pushpa Lal) Lokmarga have been disrupted owing to floods and landslides.

Raj Kumar Silwal, Chief at the District Police Office, Sindhuli said that the landslides have occurred in more than four places from Bardibas to Nepalthok of BP Highway.

He said that the landslides have blocked the road in Dumja, Bhiman and Maisthan among other places.

Similarly, vehicular movement has been obstructed following landslides in Haibar, Akkare and Sokhukhola along the Khurkot-Ghurmi road section of Madhyapahadi Lokmarga.

Likewise, landslides have covered roads in more than a dozen places from Kusumtar, Kamalamai Municipality-2, Sindhuli to Bagmati river bank of Hariharpur Rural Municipality.

Police said that the concerned authorities are making their maximum efforts to resume the highways.