Stranded on the road: Drivers cook and sleep by Prithvi Highway

CHITWAN: Cargo trucks carrying food supplies to Kathmandu and passenger buses have been stranded after a section of the Prithvi Highway subsided at Galaudi in Galchhi Rural Municipality-5, Dhading, disrupting traffic.

With the highway blocked, drivers and helpers have been forced to cook meals and spend the night on the main road in front of Bharatpur’s central bus terminal.

As Dashain approaches, trucks carrying rice and other essential food items have remained stuck for hours, leaving a long line of cargo vehicles along the main road in Bharatpur.

Driver Bishal Rajput, whose vehicle has been stranded since Friday night, said the road disruption had made it difficult to deliver food supplies on time. Drivers and helpers have been lighting makeshift stoves beside the road to cook meals and sleep overnight.