The Nepal Army has restored road connectivity between Nuwakot and Rasuwa by installing a Bailey bridge at Betrawati, reopening traffic across the Phalakhu Khola after 47 days of disruption. The prefabricated truss bridge has re-established the road link to Rasuwa, where movement had been cut off after floods washed away motorable bridges on August 26. Vehicles are now travelling across the river, easing transportation activities in the district.
Flood damage severed the road link
The disruption began on August 26, when flooding in the Bhotekoshi and Trishuli rivers damaged road infrastructure and swept away bridges used by vehicles. Among the structures washed away were bridges in Bidur Municipality-10 and Uttargaya Rural Municipality. With those crossings gone, the road connection from Nuwakot to Rasuwa was interrupted, leaving the district without the restored road link for 47 days.
The damage affected more than one crossing along the route. The loss of motorable bridges meant vehicles could not continue along the road connection between the two districts as before. The interruption continued until a replacement crossing was installed at Betrawati, where the road passes over the Phalakhu Khola.
The 47-day gap gives a measure of how long the road connection remained disrupted after the floods. During that period, the bridges washed away on August 26 could no longer serve as motorable links. The reopening at Betrawati therefore restores a route that had been unavailable to road traffic since the river floods, rather than simply adding a new crossing to an uninterrupted road network.
Bailey bridge reopens traffic
The Nepal Army fixed a prefabricated truss bridge at Betrawati to restore the connection. With the bridge in place over the Phalakhu Khola, vehicle movement has resumed and the road link from Nuwakot to Rasuwa is operational again. The installation provides a crossing at the location where traffic can now pass between the districts.
The reopening marks the end of the 47-day interruption in road connectivity. Traffic resuming over the Phalakhu Khola means vehicles can once again use the restored connection to reach Rasuwa from Nuwakot. The immediate change is practical: the route is no longer cut off at the river, and transportation activities that had been affected by the missing crossing can proceed with the road link restored.
The bridge's installation also addresses the specific gap left by flood damage. The earlier bridges at Bidur Municipality-10 and Uttargaya Rural Municipality were among those washed away, while the new Bailey bridge at Betrawati restores a crossing over the Phalakhu Khola. The work has re-established road access without undoing the flood damage to the bridges that were lost.
Transportation resumes in Rasuwa
With vehicles moving again, Rasuwa's road connection to Nuwakot has been restored after a prolonged break. The resumption of traffic is expected to ease transportation activities, which had been affected while the motorable route was unavailable. The change is especially significant for the movement that depends on the road link between the two districts, although no further details about traffic volumes or specific services were provided.
The sequence is clear: floods in the Bhotekoshi and Trishuli rivers washed away motorable bridges on August 26, road connectivity with Rasuwa was disrupted, and the Nepal Army subsequently installed a Bailey bridge at Betrawati. After 47 days, traffic across the Phalakhu Khola has resumed. The bridge's opening restores the Nuwakot-Rasuwa connection and brings road movement back to a route that had been severed by the floods.
