Security personnel halted and screened vehicles headed to Dhading, Rasuwa and Chitwan as a precautionary measure on 27 August 2026, amid an active flood threat affecting key routes out of Kathmandu, Nepal.
Heavy vehicles — including trucks, tankers and lorries — formed long queues along the Kalanki-Balkhu road in Kathmandu after a sudden flood disrupted the Muglin-Narayangadh road on 27 August 2026.
In a precautionary move on 27 August 2026, Nepal security forces stopped vehicles travelling towards Dhading, Rasuwa and Chitwan from Kathmandu, citing an ongoing flood threat along key highway corridors.
Vehicles were stranded on both sides of the Kalanki-Balkhu road in Kathmandu on 27 August 2026, after a sudden flood cut off the Muglin-Narayangadh road — a critical artery linking the capital to central Nepal.
A sudden flood on the Muglin-Narayangadh road on 27 August 2026 triggered a traffic gridlock across the Kalanki-Balkhu corridor in Kathmandu, leaving vehicles stranded on both sides with no immediate timeline for clearance, according to reports.