Landslide, flood obstruct Jomsom-Korala road

The Jomsom-Korala roadway linking Upper Mustang has been completely obstructed since this morning due to a landslide and flood following incessant rainfall.

The District Police Office, Mustang said that the road has been blocked due to the flood in the Tangwekhola rivulet at Chhusang and near the Mustang Gate..

Police Inspector Bishal Adhikari, the Information Officer at the DPO Mustang, said that the road has been completely obstructed due to a mudslide near the Mustang Gate at Chhusang, Baragung-3 and the flood with mudflow at a rivulet near Tangwe. 

Around 30 metres of the road has been completely damaged, he said.

Police said efforts are on to operate traffic on the road section.