Lamjung, Oct. 14 -- A makeshift wooden crossing has restored road access to Upper Manang, three weeks after floods submerged a motorable bridge in Chame, the district headquarters.

The road, blocked by floods on September 25 and 26, reopened on Tuesday evening after repeated efforts to clear debris from the river failed.

Floods and a landslide in Ghatte river sent large amounts of debris into the Marshyangdi river. Stones, gravel, and sand piled up in the river channel, obstructing the flow and raising the water level until it submerged the truss bridge connecting Chame with Upper Manang.

For three weeks, the district administration, security agencies, local governments and other government and non-government organisations tried to rem...