Bhakunde-Temal road opened for traffic from today

Dhulikhel (Kavrepalanchok)- The Bhakunde-Kanpur-Kottemaal-Pokhari Narayansthan-Mechhepaua road has opened for traffic from today.

The road remained blocked due to damages caused by incessant rain for the past seven days. Chair of Temal Rural Municipality, Dalman Thokar, said that passenger buses will be operated in the road from today. Due to the disruption of rural roads, traffic between villages and cities was cut off, and transportation of materials including health care and foodstuff had become a problem.

He said that life in the Rural Municipality will return to normalcy after passenger buses start operating from today. For now, the road is open for small vehicles only and those using small vehicles can use the road as an alternative route, said Thokar. Similarly, the rural municipality has also resumed operation of the road connecting Narayansthan via Kaldhar-Metwal-Kuruwas-Kangling of Temal rural municipality ward no. 7.

According to Krishna Giri, Police Inspector of the Area Police Office, Mangaltar, 13 vehicles stuck on the BP highway have been sent from Bhakunde to Kathmandu via Narayansthan. More than 500 vehicles including their drivers and assistants remain stranded on the BP Highway and they could be rescued by using the alternative routes from today, added Giri.