The BP Highway in Kavrepalanchok district has been completely blocked at two separate points after landslides struck amid continuing rainfall. According to the District Police Office, the highway is fully obstructed at Pinthali in Roshi Rural Municipality-9 and at Gimdibensi in Roshi Rural Municipality-8. Because rain was still falling in the area when the slides came down, immediate clearance was not possible, leaving the road shut to all traffic. The blockade, reported on Saturday (October 31, 2026), was covered by Gorkhapatra Online, Nepal Press and RatoPati, which highlighted that the ongoing rain was adding to the problems on the ground.

Two slides, one fully obstructed highway

According to the District Police Office, the highway has been blocked at two distinct spots within Roshi Rural Municipality, a local unit in southern Kavrepalanchok through which the BP Highway passes. The two locations are:

  • Pinthali, Roshi Rural Municipality-9: A landslide has blocked the highway completely at this point, according to the police.
  • Gimdibensi, Roshi Rural Municipality-8: A second slide has brought the road to a full stop here as well, with the District Police Office confirming a complete obstruction.

Police have described both blockages as full obstructions rather than partial ones, meaning vehicles are unable to pass through either point. Until the debris is removed, traffic on this stretch of the BP Highway will remain at a standstill, and there is no indication yet of when crews will be able to begin work at either site.

Rain keeps clearance work on hold

The main obstacle to reopening the road, according to officials, is the weather itself. Rain is continuing in the area, and the District Police Office has said immediate clearance has not been possible. Clearing landslide debris from hill roads normally requires excavators and manual labor working close to slopes that have been loosened by water, and such work is difficult and dangerous while rain is still falling on saturated hillsides above the carriageway.

Nepal Press noted that the continuing rain is compounding the disruption caused by the blockades. Prolonged rainfall keeps slopes unstable and raises the risk of fresh slides even where crews have begun removing debris, which is why authorities generally wait for conditions to improve before pushing ahead with clearance. Until that window opens, both sections of the highway are expected to remain closed.

No reopening timeline announced

As of the latest reports, authorities had not indicated when clearance might begin or when the highway could reopen. The District Police Office has so far confirmed only the full obstruction at Pinthali and Gimdibensi and the fact that rain is hampering any immediate response.

For travelers, the closure means an open-ended wait. Anyone planning to use the BP Highway through Kavrepalanchok will need to expect disruption until officials announce that the road has been cleared at both points. Motorists and transport operators dependent on the corridor will be watching for updates from the District Police Office and local authorities in Roshi Rural Municipality as conditions change.

A key corridor familiar with landslide disruption

The BP Highway, also known as the Sindhuli Road, is one of the important mid-hill highways of Nepal, linking Dhulikhel in Kavrepalanchok with the southern plains through hill districts including Sindhuli. It offers travelers and freight operators a direct connection from the outskirts of the Kathmandu valley toward the Terai, and serves as an alternative to longer routes for traffic moving between the capital's surrounds and the southern districts.

Landslide blockades of this kind are a recurring feature of travel on Nepal's hill highways whenever sustained rain sweeps across the mid-hills. Steep, cut slopes along the road corridors are prone to giving way in wet weather, and when they do, districts and settlements connected by the affected road can be cut off until machinery and crews are able to reach the site. The latest closure in Roshi Rural Municipality, with two separate slides hitting the same corridor, underlines how quickly a single stretch of road can be knocked out of service by the weather.

With rain still falling and both slide points unattended, the District Police Office says the BP Highway remains fully obstructed at Pinthali and Gimdibensi. Travelers and residents of the area will be waiting for the weather to ease and for clearance teams to move in, after which the road can be restored and traffic allowed through once again.