Landslide obstructs Kaligandaki Corridor
The Kaligandaki Corridor has been obstructed due to a landslide triggered by incessant rains since Wednesday night.
The road has been completely blocked since last night after a landslide took place at Rakse in Kaligandaki Rural Municipality-2 under the Gulmi section of the Kaligandaki Corridor, said Ganga Bahadur Saru, Information Officer of the District Police Office, Gulmi.
A police team has been deployed from the Purtighat police post to the landslide site this morning to clear the road.
However, continuous rainfall is hampering efforts to clear the landslide debris piled up on the road.
As a result, vehicles traveling to Palpa and Butwal via Parbat, Baglung and Ridi have remained stuck. Information Officer Saru said that local construction company Kalika Construction has kept machines ready to clear the road for traffic once the rain stops.
Four escaped prisoners arrested
The District Police Office, Baglung has arrested four prisoners who had escaped from the District Jail, Kaski and the District Jail, Myagdi.
They were apprehended at the Maldhunga checkpost on Wednesday, as they were trying to enter into Baglung, shared Police Inspector Keshav Thapa of the District Police Office, Baglung.
Three prisoners had escaped from the Kaski District Jail and one from the District Jail in Myagdi.
Weather to remain cloudy across the country today
The weather will remain generally cloudy across the country today.
As a result, there is a possibility of moderate rainfall in some places in the hilly regions of the country including Koshi, Madhes, Bagmati, Gandaki and Lumbini Provinces and in a few places in the remaining Tarai regions, according to the Meteorological Forecasting Division.
There is also a possibility of heavy rainfall in one or two places in the hilly regions of Koshi, Bagmati, Gandaki and Lumbini Provinces and in some parts of Madhes Province..
1 killed, 7 inmates injured in Dhading Prison
The Nepal Army personnel have opened fire after inmates at the Dhading District Prison tried to escape.
A prisoner, aged around 75, has died after being shot at during the incident. Seven prisoners have been injured.
According to Chief District Officer Bijayraj Subedi, the army opened fire after the prisoners tried to break through the security cordon and escape.
Seven people from the Nepal Police and Armed Police Force were injured in the incident. The prisoners who were injured in the shooting have been sent to Kathmandu for treatment.
On Tuesday, prisoners set fire to the prison, demanding their release, saying that former Home Minister Rabi Lamichhane and other prisoners had been released from Nakkhu prison in Kathmandu.
Before opening fire, the army had tried to control the situation by using water cannons. The army opened fire after they started attacking the army personnel itself.
There are 243 prisoners including nine women in the Dhading District Jail.
