Kavrepalanchok, Sept. 29 -- The BP Highway reopened on Tuesday morning after floods triggered by heavy rain blocked the road for five days, disrupting traffic between Bhakundebesi in Kavre and Sindhuli.

Flooding in the Roshi river had blocked the highway at eight locations along the section.

Suman Yogesh, chief of the Road Division Office in Bhaktapur, said vehicles began using a permanent track under construction at around 10am on Tuesday.

The floods damaged the highway's permanent road structure, forcing authorities to divert traffic onto a temporary track along the Roshi river bed. Vehicles have now been shifted to the permanent track under construction.

Yogesh said work on the track had been halted for now because the river was st...