Major highways damaged by floods and landslides are reopening, easing travel and daily life ahead of Dashain.

A decade later, many families still lack home and land. The government is now preparing to relocate those displaced by floods, but experts warn that livelihoods and social ties must be considered.

The transport federation chair says bookings will depend on road conditions and safer routes for passengers.

Traffic is flowing on the BP, Prithvi, Kanti, Tribhuvan and Arniko highways, though some sections remain restricted to one-way movement.

Authorities are preparing to reopen damaged roads and ease the annual exodus of around 2 million people from Kathmandu Valley.

Road links between Lamjung-Manang, Parbat-Baglung and Myagdi-Mustang severed after rain since Saturday night.

The municipality in Dhading collects Rs3.39 per kg from scrap trucks leaving the Valley, although the constitution bars local governments from taxing goods moving from one jurisdiction to another.

The 70.97-kilometre national project, being constructed by the Nepali Army, is progressing slowly, leading to significant cost overruns.

Twenty-four days after the Bhotekoshi floods, Rasuwa and Nuwakot remain cut off from each other, while Dhading district headquarters also lacks a direct road link.

Nepal has sought Chinese assistance to rebuild the 16-km Syaphrubesi-Rasuwagadhi road, while the government prepares a temporary track to restore access to the border crossing.

The Department of Roads is opening temporary tracks and planning Bailey bridges after the Bhotekoshi flood washed away about 40 km of road, while officials aim to restore a link to the Chinese border before Dashain.

The collapse-prone Krishnabhir section of the Prithvi Highway has exposed the lack of a parallel route on the other side of the Trishuli river, despite plans dating back nearly a decade.

The 70-km project will widen the highway to four lanes and build a two-km flyover through Tikauli forest.

Officials will decide within a week whether vehicles can resume using the existing road. If reopening is not feasible, authorities will seek a sustainable alternative.

With 41 bridges destroyed between Rasuwa and Chitwan, authorities are reopening roads and seeking temporary bridges from China and India to restore key links.