Kathmandu, Oct. 11 -- Rasuwa and Nuwakot have regained a direct road connection after six weeks, with vehicles beginning to cross a newly installed Bailey bridge over the Phalakhu river on Sunday.

The bridge was installed with support from the Nepali Army, restoring a route severed when floods on August 26 swept away a bridge and sections of road between the two districts.

Krishnanath Ojha, project chief of the Galchhi-Trishuli-Mailung-Syafrubesi-Rasuwagadhi Road Project, based in Bidur, said the bridge had allowed vehicles to resume travelling between Nuwakot and Rasuwa.

The 73-metre Bailey bridge has restored the route between the two districts, with Betrawati, near the district boundary, about 10 kilometres from Dhunge Bazar.

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