Adding to the passengers' woes, thousands of people are left stranded following Chitwan and Nawalparasi shutdown demanding reinstatement of Nepal as a Hindu nation on Wednesday.
Vehicular movement along the highway had resumed from 5 pm on Tuesday evening after 24 hours. But, vehicles got stuck in the muddy diversion causing traffic jam.
“We arrived at around 7 pm on Tuesday but we are yet to cross the diversion,” said a passenger en route to Mahendranagar from Kathmandu.
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