Landslide obstructs Baglung-Burtibang road

The Baglung-Burtibang road section along the Mid Hill Highway has been blocked following a landslide at Badigad Rural Municipality-2, Kharbang. 

Police Inspector at the District Police Office, Baglung, Keshab Thapa informed that the road has been blocked since this morning. 

Vehicles moving from West Baglung, Rolpa, Rukum, Jajarkot, Dolpa and Gulmi to Pokhara and Kathmandu have been stranded mid-way due to road disruption. 

Heavy rainfall has hampered the efforts to resume road operations, Inspector Thapa added.