MUSTANG, Sept 14: The pilgrims and tourists visiting Mustang district have been left at lurch as the Beni-Jomsom road section was disrupted due to flood and landslide.

Since vehicular movement remains disrupted, the locals here too have been facing inconvenience.

Several road sections at Rupse in Myagdi and Ghansa to Lete of Mustang have been disrupted.

Locals grieved that it would take around three days to travel through the disrupted road that spans 76 kilometres in length.

Meanwhile, helicopters have been mobilized for the rescue operation for the stranded tourists, especially the Indian ones visiting the holy shrine-Muktinath Temple – in Mustang district.

More than 100 Indian tourists have been rescued from Dana to Beni using the helicopters run by the private sectors, shared a local Indra Singh Sherchan.
Similarly, the local farmers are in despair as the transportation of their produces such as apples has also been adversely affected due to the disrupted road.
Although the debris of the landslides were removed from various places mobilizing the dozers brought here to build Beni-Jomson-Korala Road, it would take few more days to clear all the debris in all the landslide-hit places along the road section, shared Beni-Jomson-Korala Project’s Engineer, Pradeep Niraula.

Likewise, the landslide has swept away some 10 metres of road nearby Lete River while the Bailey bridge is at high risk of being swept away.
The Health Post at Kinjo and the building of Aama Samuha have received complete damages. The flood has caused damages to a total of 10 houses at Sauru at Thasang Rural Municipality-2 in Manang, according to Thasang Rural Municipality Chairperson Buddhi Pasad Sherchan.

House of Representatives member Prem Prasad Tulachan said that efforts have been made for the management of the landslide-affected households and to resume the traffic along the Beni-Jomson road section by removing the debris and repairing the road section. RSS

KATHMANDU, Dec 8: Results of the first phase elections to the House of Representatives and Province Assembly has started to be published.

As of the latest update, CPN-UML has secured two parliamentary seats one each in Manang, Mustang and CPN (Maoist Center) in Rukum (east).

CPN-UML candidate Prem Prasad Tulachan has been elected as the federal parliament member from Mustang district. He garnered 3,544 votes while his closest rival Romi Gauchan Thakali of Nepali Congress only managed 3,181 votes.

Likewise, in Manang, CPN-UML’s Palden Chopan Gurung has secured seat as a federal parliament member. He garnered 2,300 votes while his contender from Nepali Congress Tek Bahadur Gurung got 2,021 votes.

Similarly, in Rukum (east), CPN (Maoist Center) candidate Kamala Roka won the House of Representative election. She secured 10,434 votes while her rival from Nepali Congress Hari Shankhar Gharti only garnered 4,406 votes.

DIPAK MANANGE WINS

In Provincial Assembly, independent candidate, Rajiv Gurung (Dipak Manange) has been elected from Manang province ‘A’. He secured 1,410 votes where his rival from Nepali Congress Karma Gurung garnered 1020 votes. Left alliance supported Dipak Manange.

In province ‘B’, Nepali Congress candidate Chinta Bahadur Ghale won securing 1,098 votes. His contender from UML, Dhorje Dandul Gurung garnered 896 votes.

Likewise, in Mustang, UML’s Indradhara Bista won the provincial assembly ‘A’ constituency with 1,167 votes. His nearest rival was TsheringDhawa Gurung, who got 657 votes. In Mustang provincial assembly ‘B’ constituency, UML’s Mahendra Bahadur Thakali secured a victory by winning 2,584 votes. He was followed by NC’s Tshering Gurung who got 2,259 votes.

MUSTANG, May 15: Independent candidate Lopsang Chompel Bista has won the election for the position of chairperson in Dalome rural municipality in Mustang district. He secured 755 votes to defeat Tenzing Tshring Gurung of Nepali Congress.