Hetauda, June 3 -- Kanti Lokpath (highway), one of the country's oldest road projects and a key alternative route linking Kathmandu and Hetauda, continues to face frequent disruptions from landslides, with traffic blocked eight times over the past 45 days.

According to police, landslides, both rainfall-induced and dry ones, have repeatedly cut off the highway, causing long delays for travellers and raising concerns about the safety of one of the country's most important strategic roads.

Police Sub-Inspector Pramod Prasad Sah Teli of the Area Police Office at Thingan said traffic had been disrupted eight times between mid-April and May last. Of those incidents, five were triggered by rain-induced landslides, while three resulted from dry...