Lamjung, Oct. 14 -- A road linking Upper Manang with the district headquarters of Chame reopened on Tuesday evening, three weeks after floods on September 25-26 cut off access by submerging a motorable bridge over the Marsyangdi river.

A temporary wooden deck has been laid over the steel girders of the existing truss bridge in Chame, allowing light vehicles to cross the river again.

Floods and landslides in the Ghatte Khola had carried rocks, gravel, sand and other debris into the Marsyangdi river, obstructing its flow and raising the water level until the bridge connecting Upper Manang was submerged. For three weeks, the district administration, security agencies, local governments and other government and non-government organisations ...