{"id":53110,"date":"2026-08-16T07:35:29","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T01:50:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/?p=53110"},"modified":"2026-08-16T07:35:29","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T01:50:29","slug":"intense-rainfall-causes-substantial-road-blockages-in-various-regions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/intense-rainfall-causes-substantial-road-blockages-in-various-regions\/","title":{"rendered":"Intense rainfall causes substantial road blockages in various regions"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>Kathmandu, Aug 16: Intense rainfall has caused substantial road blockages in multiple regions. According to police reports, as of this morning, traffic disruptions have been observed in areas such as Kavrepalanchok, Ilam, Sindhupalchok, Rasuwa, Rukum Paschhim, Sankhuwasabha, Lamjung, Mustang, Rolpa, and Chitwan.<\/p>\n<p>To reduce the risk of flooding, vehicular traffic on the Khurkot-Nepalthok-Katunjebensi segment of the Kavrepalanchok-Sindhuli BP highway is restricted from 6:00 pm to 4:00 am each day, with operations resuming during daylight hours only.<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, several major highways have been significantly affected; the Mechi Highway is entirely blocked by mud in Ilam, while landslides have hindered the Araniko Highway in Sindhupalchok and the Trishuli-Mailung-Safrubensi road in Rasuwa.<\/p>\n<p>Additional blockages have been reported on the Jajarkot-Dolpa road in Rukum West and the Bensisahar-Manang road in Lamjung due to landslides. The Beni-Jomsom road in Mustang and the Prithvi Highway in Ichchha Manakamana Rural Municipality-5 in Chitwan have also experienced complete closures due to landslides.<\/p>\n<p>The police have advised travelers to remain updated on road conditions and to take necessary precautions in light of the ongoing risks of landslides and flooding.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kathmandu, Aug 16: Intense rainfall has caused substantial road blockages in multiple regions. According to police reports, as of this morning, traffic disruptions have been observed in areas such as Kavrepalanchok, Ilam, Sindhupalchok, Rasuwa, Rukum Paschhim, Sankhuwasabha, Lamjung, Mustang, Rolpa, and Chitwan. To reduce the risk of flooding, vehicular traffic on the Khurkot-Nepalthok-Katunjebensi segment of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":53111,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-main-news","category-national"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53110"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53110"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53110\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53112,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53110\/revisions\/53112"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}