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Locals of Bouddha obstruct the road, protesting the delay in blacktopping the road section, in Kathmandu, on Thursday, May 9, 2019. Photo: RSS

KATHMANDU: The locals obstructed the main road in Bouddha nowadays as a sign of protest for the snail-paced road construction.

The sorry state of the road -msprint; the expansion works of which have been in a limbo for four years now -msprint; has been troubling the locals as well as regular commuters.

Cop try to let vehicles pass after local residents blocked the road for hours during a protest against the delay in blacktopping the under-construction road at Bouddha, in Kathmandu, on Thursday, May 09, 2019. Photo: Skanda Gautam/THT

The intense protest nowadays resulted in a clash between the locals and police personnel. The police fired tear gas shells to control the protestors.

In the meantime, an alternative route from Chabahil to Maakalbari has been arranged.

Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli gestures before leaving on an official visit to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and the Kingdom of Cambodia, at Tribhuvan International Airport, in Kathmandu, on Thursday, May 9, 2019. Photo: RSS

KATHMANDU: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has left for the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and the Kingdom of Cambodia, nowadays.

PM Oli is visiting Vietnam at the invitation of Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, and Cambodia at the invitation of his Cambodian counterpart Prime Minister Hun Sen.

The Prime Minister shall be staying in Vietnam from May 9 to 13 and in Cambodia from May 13 to 15. He is accompanied by his spouse Radhika Shakya.

Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, along with his spouse Radhika Shakya, leaves for an official visit to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and the Kingdom of Cambodia, from Tribhuvan International Airport, in Kathmandu, on Thursday, May 9, 2019. Photo: RSS

Speaker of the Home of Representatives Krishna Bahadur Mahara, National Assembly Chair Ganesh Prasad Timalsena, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence Ishwar Pokharel, ministers and high-level officials bade farewell to PM Oli at VVIP longue in Tribhuvan International Airport.

A contingent of Nepal Army offered a guard of honour to the Prime Minister on his departure.