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Prithvi Highway caves in, only one-way traffic allowed


Nepalnews
2021 Jul 04, 13:27,
An excavator is being used to remove landslide debris from the road as vehicles wait near Tikrang along the Prithvi Highway in Dhading district, on Thursday, July 1, 2021. Photo: RSS

The Prithvi Highway, one of Kathmandu Valley’s key supply lines, has caved in at Phisling of Ichchhakamana Rural Municipality-3 in Chitwan district.

Only one-way traffic has been allowed along the highway after the road subsided this morning.

The road section was blacktopped a few months ago but due to incessant rain this monsoon, the edge of the road started to wear off leading to the cave-in.

The 174-km long highway connects Naubise of Tribhuvan Highway in Kathmandu to Prithvichowk in Pokhara and is one of the busiest highways in the country.

A traffic jam has formed in various road sections along the highway since the cave-in.

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