Incessant rainfall has been causing frequent road disruptions in various parts of the country for the past few days.

Debris from landslides and mudslides has obstructed vehicular movements on major highways.

The Mugling-Narayanghat road section, one of the country’s busiest travel routes, has been facing frequent disruptions as the continuous downpours cause landslides.

Traffic on the highway had been disrupted for 28 hours following a mudslide on Thursday afternoon.

Although traffic along the road section resumed from Friday afternoon, the road has once again come to a standstill as debris from a landslide blocked the section since 3am on Saturday.

Meanwhile, the situation along the Aryabhanjyang-Ramdi section along the Siddhartha Highway is no better. Traffic has been disrupted since early on Saturday following a mudslide that was caused due to constant rainfall in the area.

Efforts from personnel from the local area police and the road division have been to no avail as the flow of mud from the hill continues to pile on the road.

According to the Chief of Road Division Pradeep Niraula, all excavators are constantly occupied during the rainy season due to the simultaneous occurrence of multiple landslides.

“Landslides keep occurring in multiple places at the same time,” Niraula said. “Since the local units offer no support, we have to work on our own to clear traffic in all places.”

The central and western parts of Nepal have been put on high alert as incessant rainfall causes water levels to rise at an alarming rate.

Areas around Butwal’s Tinau river have been sent warning alerts as the water level has reached the danger zone and continues to rise. As of 1pm on Saturday, the water level in the river stands at 5.74 metres.

According to the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology, the river is considered to have reached warning levels when the river’s water level reaches 5.3 metres. Crossing 5.6 metres means it has reached the department’s red zone.

The water level in the Narayani river is also rising as the region has been experiencing continuous rainfall for the past 14 hours. Although no untoward incidents have taken place as of yet, everyone has been advised to stay alert.

The Nawalpur district has received the most rain in the last 24 hours, recording 275.4 mm of rainfall in the said time period.

Likewise, the Syangja district has also experienced alarming levels of rain, recording 204.4 mm since yesterday.