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Landslide blocks Araniko Highway in Kavre
One-way traffic restored; travellers urged to use alternative routes.
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Jyoti Shrestha
Published at : August 21, 2025
Updated at : August 21, 2025 11:54
Kavre
Araniko Highway was blocked on Thursday morning after rocks fell at Tirtire Dhara in ward 8 of Dhulikhel Municipality.
Inspector Sunil Dhaju, chief of the District Traffic Police Office, said rocks continue to fall, making travel hazardous. “The highway was completely blocked at first,” he said. “Traffic is now moving in one direction.”
Dhaju said full two-way traffic will resume once the rockfall stops. The traffic police have advised travellers to take alternative routes until the road is completely cleared.
Jyoti Shrestha
Jyoti Shrestha is the Kavre correspondent for Kantipur Publications.
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