Hetauda/ Taplejung, July 10 -- The Kanti Highway has been blocked since 1am on Thursday after a landslide swept away a section of the road near Baguwa in ward 8 of Bhimphedi Rural Municipality, Makawanpur, following heavy rainfall on Wednesday night.

"More than half the road has collapsed-only motorcycles might barely pass. It's impassable for other vehicles," said Police Inspector Vidya Sagar Mehta of the Thingan Area Police Office. "It could take the whole day to reopen the highway, but we can't say for sure."

The police said excavators are being prepared for the clearance operation, but the entire roadbed has been washed out and will need to be rebuilt from the base.

This same stretch of the highway was closed for five hours on Wedn...