More than 100 passenger buses travelling from Kathmandu have been stranded for 36 hours on the Palung-Hetauda road section in Makwanpur district, leaving thousands of passengers unable to continue their journeys. Traffic along the corridor has remained halted since an LPG bullet tanker overturned on the Sindhuli road section on Friday and the road surface subsided, obstructing the route.
Traffic halted along the corridor
The prolonged blockage has stopped vehicles from moving along the Palung-Hetauda section. The buses caught in the obstruction were travelling from Kathmandu, and their passengers have remained stranded as the route has stayed impassable. The reported number of buses exceeds 100, while the total number of affected passengers is in the thousands.
The obstruction is linked to two reported events: the overturning of an LPG bullet tanker on the Sindhuli road section and subsidence of the road surface. The resulting blockage has continued since Friday. The available information does not specify the precise point where the road surface subsided or how the tanker incident and subsidence occurred in relation to each other.
Thousands affected by the 36-hour delay
The scale of the disruption is reflected in the number of buses held up on the road. With more than 100 passenger vehicles unable to proceed, thousands of travellers have been affected by the stoppage. The blockage has kept traffic from passing through the corridor, rather than causing only a short delay for individual vehicles.
The reported duration of 36 hours underscores how long passengers have been waiting. The available details do not state where the buses are positioned, whether travellers have been able to leave the vehicles, or what arrangements, if any, have been made for them. They also do not provide information about injuries, damage from the tanker incident, or the condition of the road beyond the reported subsidence.
Route remains obstructed
As reported, traffic on the Palung-Hetauda corridor has remained halted since the incident and road subsidence. No reopening time or further details about efforts to clear the obstruction are included in the available information. For passengers and bus operators on the route, the immediate issue remains the continuing disruption and uncertainty over when vehicles will be able to resume their journeys.
The incident has left thousands stranded on a key road section in Makwanpur, with the blockage affecting buses travelling from Kathmandu. Until the obstruction is cleared and traffic can move again, the passengers and vehicles caught in the disruption remain unable to continue along the route.
