They complain that all three levels of government seem reluctant to provide them with immediate relief and ensure their rehabilitation.

September 28 flooding in the Sunkoshi river had severed the vital link, cutting off Ramechhap, Dolakha, Okhaldhunga and Solukhumbu districts from Tarai.

Many drivers had initially held out hope after hearing reports of efforts to repair the damaged BP Highway.

One-way traffic has been resumed by clearing landslide debris along 34 kilometres of the Khurkot Nepalthok road.

Further 10-kilometre stretch near Bhakundebesi remains impassable.

The Khurkot-Mulkot road remains blocked.

A man who managed to escape by jumping off the vehicle sustained injuries in the accident, police said.

Five others injured, police say.

Pakhrin, who was on medication for mental illness, attacked his wife Laxmi on the head and neck.

Three injured passengers in critical condition, police say.

The 13.3-km tunnel that will redirect a portion of the Sunkoshi river’s flow to the Bagmati to irrigate farmlands in central Tarai made a breakthrough on Wednesday.

Security personnel assisted by local residents are searching for the missing.

Three people had gone missing after a jeep en route to Khotang from Bhaktapur fell into the Sunkoshi River on June 2. Two bodies were recovered on Tuesday.

Three people had gone missing after the jeep heading to Khotang from Bhaktapur fell into the Sunkoshi River on Friday. Authorities are yet to recover the body of one missing person.

The jeep is believed to be submerged some 15 metres downstream from the incident site.