Makawanpur, March 14
Vehicular traffic has been closed on a section of the Kanti Highway connecting Hetauda and Kathmandu since March 11.
The traffic has been suspended from today until April 27, as a section of the highway located at Bhattedanda, Lalitpur has to be repaired and maintained, the District Police Office, Makawanpur said.
Spokesperson for the District Police Office Makawanpur, DSP Laxmi Bhandari, said the Department of Roads informed the District Police Office about this. Bhandari said the vehicles operating on the Kathmandu Kanti Highway have been urged to use the Thankot-Chitlang-Hetauda road until that period.
More than 2,000 light vehicles plied the Kathmandu Kanti Highway daily, according to the Area Police Office, Makawanpur.
