Authorities have intensified efforts to clear the landslide at Krishna Bhir along the Prithvi Highway in Dhading and resume traffic.
The government is moving beyond temporary repairs, studying tunnels and alternative bypass routes for a permanent solution to the recurring Krishna Bhir landslide problem.
With LPG bullet trucks unable to pass through the damaged Krishna Bhir section, the government has decided to transport gas through alternative routes.
Prime Minister Balendra Shah has announced that the damaged Krishna Bhir section of the Prithvi Highway will be reconstructed and reopened within Bhadra.
Nepal Police has mobilized 7,992 personnel across flood-hit areas for search and rescue, public safety, relief coordination and disaster-risk reduction, with drones, trained dogs, satellite phones and specialist teams also deployed.
Kathmandu’s LPG supply remains under pressure after gas bullets stopped arriving for five days due to the Krishnabhir road obstruction.
Damage caused by the Bhotekoshi flood and increased Trishuli River flow has severely affected the Krishnabhir section of the Prithvi Highway, with authorities estimating up to 15 days for reopening.
Six days after the devastating Bhotekoshi flood, around 894 employees and workers from major hydropower projects in Rasuwa and Nuwakot remain out of contact.
Flash floods on August 26 damaged 11 hydropower projects along the Bhotekoshi and Trishuli rivers, while rescue teams continue efforts to reach workers trapped or unaccounted for inside tunnels.
Prime Minister Balendra Shah and RSP Chairman Rabi Lamichhane met to review rescue, relief and rehabilitation efforts in flood-hit Rasuwa.
The Nepali Army has completed its search of the Rasuwagadhi Hydropower Project tunnel after finding no people inside following the Bhote Koshi flood.
The LPG shortage in Kathmandu Valley has intensified after the collapse of a section of the Prithvi Highway at Krishnabhir disrupted the movement of gas bullet trucks into the capital.