Palpa, Oct. 15 -- Prolonged rainfall in late September caused an estimated Rs65.1 million in damage to roads along the Kaligandaki Corridor, triggering landslides, road subsidence, retaining wall collapses and debris accumulation. Rebuilding washed-away bridges and constructing those still unbuilt will cost an estimated Rs720 million, according to the project office.

Shiva Lal Dahal, chief of the Kaligandaki Corridor (Gaidakot-Ramdi-Maldhunga Road Project) in Palpa, said preliminary estimates put the cost of immediate road repairs at Rs6.55 million, while permanent reconstruction would require Rs65.1 million.

The Ramdi-Ranimahal stretch, which passes through wards 5, 6 and 7 of Baganasakali Rural Municipality in Palpa, suffered some of ...