{"id":56301,"date":"2026-10-07T08:44:52","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T02:59:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/?p=56301"},"modified":"2026-10-07T08:44:52","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T02:59:52","slug":"repairs-accelerated-on-flood-damaged-beni-jomsom-korala-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/repairs-accelerated-on-flood-damaged-beni-jomsom-korala-road\/","title":{"rendered":"Repairs accelerated on flood-damaged Beni-Jomsom-Korala road"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>Myagdi, Oct 7: Repair and reconstruction work has been intensified along several sections of the Beni-Jomsom-Korala road under the Kaligandaki Corridor following floods and landslides triggered by heavy rainfall.<\/p>\n<p>The 202-kilometre road, which connects Pang of Kushma Municipality-1 in Parbat district with the Korala border point in China via Beni in Myagdi and Mustang districts, was disrupted at 55 locations.<\/p>\n<p>The Kaligandaki River flood had washed away or damaged 10 sections following heavy rainfall from September 24 to 27.<\/p>\n<p>Tejaswi Sharma, Chief of the Beni-Jomsom-Korala Road Project, said preliminary repair work had been completed at all affected sites except Kunauta in Raghuganga rural municipality-2 and the bridge approach road at Pokharebagar in Annapurna rural municipality.<\/p>\n<p>The road sections from Maldhunga to Kunauta and from Korala to Pokharebagar have been restored for heavy vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>According to Sharma, landslide clearance and construction of alternative routes have also been completed at Ratopani, Dhirchyang, Bhirkate, Mahabhir, Tiplyang and Begkhola.<\/p>\n<p>At Kunauta, around 250 metres of the road was washed away. Four excavators and tippers are being deployed to restore the section, while a gabion wall is being constructed at Pokharebagar.<br \/>\nNarendra Subedi, Head of the Federal Road Supervision and Monitoring Office in Pokhara, shared that efforts are underway to reopen the remaining sections by Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Roads has estimated that around Rs 3 billion will be required for reconstruction.<\/p>\n<p>The Korala border point is strategically important for Nepal-China trade, particularly as the Rasuwagadhi and Tatopani border points remain closed.<\/p>\n<p>Chief District Officer of Myagdi district Ganesh Gaire said the government was working on a high-priority basis to bring the road connecting the border point back into operation as soon as possible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Myagdi, Oct 7: Repair and reconstruction work has been intensified along several sections of the Beni-Jomsom-Korala road under the Kaligandaki Corridor following floods and landslides triggered by heavy rainfall. The 202-kilometre road, which connects Pang of Kushma Municipality-1 in Parbat district with the Korala border point in China via Beni in Myagdi and Mustang districts, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":56009,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56301","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\/56301"}],"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=56301"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56301\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56302,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56301\/revisions\/56302"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}