Archive · 27 Aug 2026
Flash Floods Halt Indo-Nepal Bus Service for Two Days
A bus service connects Delhi in India with Kathmandu in Nepal.
Heavy flash floods affected Nepal.
The floods closed roads on the route used by the buses.
Because of this, officials paused some bus trips for two days.
Delhi-to-Kathmandu and Kathmandu-to-Delhi trips planned for August 28 were held up.
A Nepali bus trip planned for August 29 was also held up.
The pause was meant to help keep passengers safe.
The service normally travels through Uttar Pradesh and crosses into Nepal at Sonauli.
The Delhi government temporarily suspended the Indo-Nepal Maitri Bus Sewa as a preventive measure.
Delhi-Kathmandu and Kathmandu-Delhi DTC trips scheduled for August 28 were held up.
A Nepali bus trip scheduled for August 29 was also held up.
Officials said massive flash floods had completely shut road transport on Nepal’s National Highway and the Delhi-Kathmandu route.
The Delhi-Kathmandu-Delhi international bus service was introduced by the Delhi government in 2014.
- Who
- The Delhi government and Delhi Transport Corporation, along with Nepali bus operators.
- What
- The Indo-Nepal Maitri Bus Sewa was temporarily put on hold for scheduled trips.
- When
- DTC trips scheduled for August 28 and a Nepali bus trip scheduled for August 29.
- Where
- On the Delhi-Kathmandu route, after roads in Nepal were shut by flooding.
- Why
- Massive flash floods had closed road transportation, prompting a preventive suspension.
- Service
- Indo-Nepal Maitri Bus Sewa
- Affected DTC trips
- Delhi-Kathmandu and Kathmandu-Delhi trips scheduled for August 28
- Affected Nepali trip
- A trip scheduled for August 29
- Cause
- Massive flash floods in Nepal
- Road conditions
- Road transportation was completely shut on Nepal’s National Highway and the Delhi-Kathmandu route
- Service launch
- The Delhi-Kathmandu-Delhi international bus service was introduced in 2014
- Route
- The buses travel through Uttar Pradesh and cross into Nepal at the Sonauli check-post near Gorakhpur