Kavrepalanchok, Oct. 9 -- One week after the heavy downpour, major highways of Nepal are out of order, forcing people to take long-distance walks and leaving them stuck in village areas.

Sabita Lama, along with her children and siblings, crossed a section of the BP Highway in Chaukidanda, wading through the Roshi River, which, till last Friday, was a diversion road.

"Last week, I had travelled through this road and it was good, it was before Dashain. Now I have faced difficulties to get across it. Ever since last week's heavy rainfall, I was stuck in my village. Movement across has been very difficult," Lama told ANI after getting across the river.

Various sections of the BP Highway, built with Japanese assistance, were swept away by t...