JANARDAN GHIMIRE
GULMI: Scores of passengers have been stranded as the Ridi-Rudrabeni road section was blocked by landslide in Gulmi district on Tuesday.

The Ridi-Rudrabeni road section has been blocked after the mound of earth fell on the road at two places - Sangure in Gwadi VDC and Phulkyamp in Ruru VDC - due to incessant rainfalls in the district, said Inspector Binimadev Paudel, incharge of Area Police Office, Ridi.

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This road had been blocked for three days recently due to landslides. Similarly, 600 households have been deprived of drinking water after the downpour-trigged landslide damaged the water pipeline in Musikot and Wadagaun VDCs in the district.