Nawalparasi East, April 11 -- The Daunne section of the East-West Highway, blocked for 21 hours, reopened to one-way traffic on Friday afternoon. Travellers stranded since Thursday resumed their journeys after the partial reopening at around 2:15pm.

Superintendent of Police Yadav Dhakal, chief of the District Police Office, Nawalparasi East, said police were deployed to assist with repairs and manage traffic flow.

The road had been closed since 5pm on Thursday after light rain turned the unpaved uphill stretch near Daunne into a muddy, slippery mess. The lack of blacktopping on the section under repair made the road impassable even with minimal rainfall. Multiple vehicles got stuck, causing a tailback on both sides of the hill.

To mana...