DUSHANBE, February 27, 2015, Asia-Plus -- A massive rockfall has blocked the Dushanbe-Khorog highway in the Darvoz district of the Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO).

The rockfall occurred on the 374th kilometer of the highway from Dushanbe to Khorog yesterday at around 3:00 pm, an official source at the Committee on Emergency Situations and Civil Defense (CES) told Asia-Plus in an interview. 

Approximately 200 vehicles reportedly stuck in both sides of the rockfall.  Fortunately no injured was reported, according to the source.

“Blast works are needed to clean the road but the threat of a big piece of rock crashing into the road still makes road-cleaning works and rescue operations impossible,” the source added.