Prithvi Highway Crisis
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Flood damage and a road collapse block the Prithvi Highway, disrupting LPG supplies to Kathmandu and worsening shortages in Nepal. Authorities plan to send 200 trucks through alternative routes and build a new track above Krishnabhir.
200 trucks to transport LPG to Kathmandu via alternative routes
Two hundred trucks will transport liquefied petroleum gas and other petroleum products to Kathmandu using alternative routes after damage disrupted the Prithvi Highway. The road was affected when the Trishuli River eroded the highway at Krishnabhir in Dhading. The government and transport entrepreneurs reached the agreement to keep fuel supplies moving. Makwanpur Chief District Officer Basanta Adh…
Prithvi Highway blocked after road collapses near Nagdhunga
A section of Nepal’s Prithvi Highway sank at Pataleban on Wednesday, bringing traffic to a halt about 700 metres beyond the Nagdhunga checkpoint. The damaged stretch is about three metres wide, accord…
LPG shortage worsens as flood-damaged roads disrupt supplies to Kathmandu
Kathmandu’s cooking-gas shortage has deepened after the Bhotekoshi flood damaged the road network that normally carries LPG into the capital. The August 26 flooding washed away part of the Prithvi Hig…
New track to open above Krishnabhir to restore Prithvi Highway
Nepal plans to open a new track above Krishnabhir after flooding tore away part of the Prithvi Highway and disrupted a key route into Kathmandu. The Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport d…
