600 containers stuck across border as landslide blocks Kodari Highway

As many as 600 containers carrying vegetables and fruits have been stuck across the Nepal-China Friendship (Miteri) Bridge due to landslide-triggered disruption along the Kodari Highway. 

It has been 12 days since landslide debris blocked the way at Iku in Bhotekoshi Rural Municipality-2, Chairperson of Nepal Truck Container Transportation Service Arjun Sapkota. 

The landslide covered almost two-kilometer area. He said that efforts are underway to pass the container goods by mobilizing porters. 

He lambasted the government's sluggish efforts for debris removal. 

Meanwhile, Chief of the Charikot-based Road Division Office Amit Kumar Shrestha said incessant flow of mud has caused road disruption while expressing the commitment to open the road after clearing debris.