Kavre, Feb. 23 -- Bikash Shrestha, who travelled to Mangaltar from Banepa on a motorcycle a few days ago, had his entire body covered in dust. Only his reddened eyes were clearly visible.

"It is difficult travelling on the monsoon-ravaged BP Highway. We cannot even see the road due to clouds of dust if big vehicles are around. The road is also full of potholes," complained Shrestha.

The massive floods and landslides had damaged several stretches of the highway in the last week of September, 2024.

It has been five months since the late-monsoon disasters. "We don't know when the damaged road will be rebuilt. Whether the highway section will stay in operation in the rainy season is anyone's guess," said Shrestha, a Kathmandu-based trader ...