Tue, 13 October 2026
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Tue, 13 October 2026
By Our Correspondent
Muktinath (Mustang), Oct. 13: More than 500 cargo containers and trucks stranded in Mustang due to floods, landslides and riverbank erosion triggered by continuous rainfall have left the district after the resumption of traffic on the Beni-Jomsom-Korala section of the Kaligandaki Corridor.
A total of 536 containers and trucks, which had been stranded in Mustang for nearly two weeks following the disruption of the road, had departed from Ghasa towards their destinations by Sunday evening.
According to the District Police Office, Mustang, 69 containers and trucks passed through the Lete checkpoint from October 1 to 6; 44 on October 7; 70 on October 8; 85 on October 9; 88 on October 10 and a record 180 on October 11.Santosh Basyal, information officer at the District Police Office, said that 16 electric vehicles (EVs) had also left through the Lete and Ghasa checkpoints during the same period.
Police Inspector Basyal said 25 EVs and two containers were still stranded in Ghasa, on the border between Mustang and Myagdi, and arrangements were being made to allow them to proceed.“Containers stranded in Mustang and trucks carrying apples have been given priority. The road is not yet in a condition to allow two-way traffic,” he said.Meanwhile, a total of 263 vehicles, including 225 EVs and 38 containers, remain on hold at five stations: Charang in Upper Mustang, the District Traffic Police Office, Lete and Ghasa, among others.
Although a significant number of containers and trucks have been leaving Mustang since the road reopened, no vehicles have been entering the district, according to the report.
Ghar Chhung Gurung, vice-chairman of the Korala Border Point Container Management Committee, said the containers currently available were being used to transport goods after many containers at Rasuwagadhi were damaged by the devastating flood in the Bhotekoshi River.
Gurung said containers entering through the Korala border point had been leaving after customs clearance at the Nechung Customs Office in Lomanthang Rural Municipality-4.
Bidur Chudal, chief of the customs office, said containers carrying various goods, along with EVs, continued to arrive regularly through the Korala border point.
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