Gulmi. The Kaligandaki Corridor road section, which was obstructed due to a landslide, has come into operation. Dry landslide debris had fallen from above the road at Rakse in Kaligandaki Rural Municipality-2, obstructing the road section. The road has come into operation after the debris including rocks piled on the road was cleared using a dozer in coordination with the Road Division Office, local Kaligandaki Rural Municipality, and security personnel, informed Deputy Superintendent of Police Virendra Beer Bishwakarma of the District Police Office, Gulmi. Police had been mobilized in the area under the leadership of Police Assistant Inspector Baburam Shrestha from the Purtighat Police Post after the Kaligandaki Corridor road was obstructed. The police stated that vehicles that had come to the village to celebrate Tihar and those stopped on the Rudrabeni-Purtighat road section have started moving towards their destinations after the road came into operation. Vehicles and passengers traveling from Gulmi to Palpa, Butwal, Baglung, Parbat, Myagdi, and Pokhara were facing further problems due to the road obstruction. The Kaligandaki Corridor is a short road that reaches Mustang, hence it remains busy in recent days.
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