Kathmandu, Oct. 12 -- Traffic on the Galaudi section of the Prithvi Highway will be suspended overnight at Galaudi in ward 5 of Gajuri Rural Municipality of Dhading district to allow repairs to a subsided section of the road.

The District Administration Office in Dhading said in a public notice on Monday that the road would remain closed from 11pm Monday to 5am Tuesday.

The road subsided on Friday. After cutting into the hillside, authorities reopened the route to two-way traffic on Sunday evening. However, further repairs are needed to make the stretch safe, said Suresh Paudel, a senior divisional engineer at the Department of Roads' Development Cooperation Implementation Division.

"Traffic volume on this stretch is extremely high bec...