JUMLA, Aug. 10 -- Puja Bhandari of Chandannath Municipality of Jumla was very much aware of the awful condition of the road leading to Surkhet that she never wanted to travel along the route. When it was time for her to appear for the examination for a post of a civil servant, she was left with no choice than to make a perilous journey to Surkhet. Just as she anticipated, the trip turned out to be a nightmare.

It had been around two hours since she left Khalanga when landslides occurred. Along with other passengers she too got stranded on the way for four hours. The expected time to reach Surkhet was 5 pm, but she reached there at 10 pm.

"The landslides had disrupted communication service as well. There were no eateries around. We spent...