{"id":29352,"date":"2026-07-20T16:11:53","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T10:26:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=29352"},"modified":"2026-07-20T16:11:56","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T10:26:56","slug":"landslides-block-nine-highways-across-rain-hit-nepal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=29352","title":{"rendered":"Landslides block nine highways across rain-hit Nepal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Kathmandu [Nepal], July 20 &#8211; <\/strong>Nine major highways across Nepal have been disrupted by landslides and flooding following days of incessant rainfall severely affecting transportation in several parts of the country, police said on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Nepal police, road sections in Koshi and Bagmati provinces are either completely blocked or operating with limited access as heavy rain continues to trigger landslides and swelling rivers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Mechi highway has been fully closed after landslides struck Rajduwali in Ilam and Khobare Khola in Yangwarak Rural Municipality-1 of Panchthar district. The Diktel-Bhojpur section of the mid-hills highway at Matekhola in Diktel Rupakot Majhuwagadhi Municipality-6 has also been completely blocked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Elsewhere, flooding has reduced traffic on the mid-hills highway at Bokhim in Bhojpur Municipality-5 to one-way movement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Bagmati Province, authorities have temporarily suspended traffic on the BP highway due to the threat of flooding while the Kathmandu-Hetauda Kanti highway remains closed because of the risk of both landslides and rising water levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Landslides have also blocked the Araniko highway and the Jurikhola road section in Bhotekoshi Rural Municipality-4 of Sindhupalchok district. In Rasuwa vehicles are being allowed to pass only one way along the Pasang Lhamu highway at Bokrejhunda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Prithvi highway has been completely blocked at Phisling in Chitwan and at Jawangkhola in Dhading. 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