The Beni–Jomsom–Korala road has reopened for traffic from Tuesday morning after being blocked for more than a day due to a landslide at Khabrebhir on the border of Annapurna Rural Municipality in Myagdi and Thasang Rural Municipality in Mustang.
The landslide had obstructed the 76-kilometre Beni–Jomsom road since Sunday morning, halting direct transportation. According to Assistant Sub-Inspector Min Bahadur Khatri, chief of Ghasa Police Post, security personnel, technical staff from the Beni–Jomsom–Korala Road Project, and a team from the Nepal Army worked until late Monday night to clear the debris. Large boulders were blasted using explosives, and heavy equipment was deployed to push away the landslide, allowing the road to reopen around 10 pm.
“With the joint effort of the project technicians, the Nepal Army, and police, we managed to reopen the road late last night,” Khatri said. “Vehicles stranded in Mustang’s Ghasa and Myagdi’s Khabre have since resumed their journeys.”
The obstruction had left container trucks carrying goods from Korala stranded, along with freight trucks transporting apples and potatoes from Mustang to markets. Pilgrims from across Nepal and India, who had come to Kagbeni in Mustang to perform rituals during the ongoing Sorha Shraddha period, as well as tourists and locals, had also been forced to wait until the road reopened.
Traffic pressure on the Beni–Jomsom–Korala corridor has increased this season as the Korala border point in Mustang has become an alternative entry for goods. With the Tatopani border in Sindhupalchok and the Rasuwagadhi checkpoint in Rasuwa both closed, essential supplies for the Dashain festival are now being brought into Nepal through Korala, further highlighting the importance of the road.
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