Chitwan. The Prithvi Highway at Gajur i Rural Municipality-5 in Dhading hasbeen completely blocked due to the collapse of the Prithvi Highway. Drivers and helpers who could not reach their destinations on time as the Bada Dashain festival is approaching, stranded on the main road in front of the Central Bus Park in Bharatpur.

At present, a long line of goods vehicles can be seen on the main road of Bharatpur.

According to driver Vishal Rajput, who has been stranded since Friday night, vehicles carrying rice and essential food items have been stuck in the jam. They have been forced to spend the night by lighting stoves on the roadside.

‘Dashain and festivals are nothing for us. When we are stranded on the road, expensive expenses, lack of food and public toilets are the biggest problems for us. ‘, he said. He said that he brought water from a nearby tap and cooked food on the road.

Recalling that they were stranded for a long time at Krishnabhir and other places while going to for before before , he hopes that the blocked road will be reopened soon. The drivers want to deliver food grains to their destinations on time for the festive season and meet their families before Dashain. Passengers heading to Kathmandu via Chitwan and Dhading are also stranded. The traffic police have facilitated the passengers stranded at Bharatpur Bus Park to use the alternative route of Hetauda. The police have also sent the passengers to their destination by adjusting the fare that the driver has not returned.

Engineer of the eastern section of the Nagdhunga-Mu glin road project, Rajiv Manandhar, said that 70 meters long and 4 meters of road from Gajuri to Kathmandu from Ga juri to has collapsed.He said that five excavators, two loaders, 6 tippers were used to cut the back as the was cracked up to the wall and the road had to be opened immediately.

He said that all the walls could not be cut as there is a branch road leading to the village on the highway. He said that work is being done as per the plan to open the highway one-way by Saturday evening. See the rest of the picture: