Bhairahawa in Rupandehi, connected by international air and land routes, is promoted as the gateway to Lumbini, the birthplace of Buddha. With the busyness of Belhia border crossing and the construction of Gautam Budh International Airport, Bhairahawa has turned into a 'hospitality hub'.

A new industrial corridor has been developed from Bhairahawa in Rupandehi to Bhumai in West Nawalparasi under Hulaki Highway. Anyone who comes to Bhairawa, which has become a center of tourism and corporate activity, is in a dilemma whether it is a city or a parking lot. Unorganized parking makes no corner of the city look empty. Motorcycles, cars and cargo vehicles are kept everywhere.

At Belhia border crossing, there are more vehicles parked illegally than ordinary people. Every day, autorickshaws, buses, motorcycles and goods vehicles line the road from Dasgaja to North Dandakhola bridge . An Integrated Check Post (ICP) is under construction on the west side of Belhia. As a result, cargo trucks entering the country carrying goods from India and leaving here are parked on the main road.

Because the bus park at Belhia naka is not organized, most of the buses occupy the service lane along the main road, causing problems to the common people. Since there is no open space around the main gate at the checkpoint, the vehicle has to be parked on the road. "Nepal police are working day and night to manage the parking," said Mukesh Neupane, police inspector of Belhia area police, "We have made it more organized than before, the problem is being solved." Buddhchowk, Burmeli Toll, Awar Road, Bank Road and Gallamandi which are the main shopping areas are now facing problems for people to move due to vagrant parking. A parking lot has been designated on the west side of the main market road from Burmeli toll to Miudia.

After allocating a parking lot on one side, due to the pressure of motorcycles and vehicles, vehicles have been kept on the main road . Motorcycles not attached to the road are parked on the sidewalk. There are many commercial establishments and banks in the section. However, only a few buildings have an open space for parking. As a result, working people have to park on the street. There is a lack of vacancies in the main market. Since there is no parking space on the right or left side of the road, everyone has parked their coaches on the road.

There are not enough parking spaces in big hotels and restaurants where many people gather in Bhairahawa. The parking lot of many restaurants is the street. There is a shortage of parking spaces in the Bhairawa-Lumbini road section which was recently developed from Buddhchowk to West Gautam Budh International Airport. There are many garages in the section. Those garages keep damaged buses and trucks in the service lane and carry out maintenance and painting work, which has made traffic uncomfortable. District government offices also park their vehicles on the road. "Parking is the biggest problem in Bhairawa," said Krishna Prasad Ghimire, Secretary General of Siddharth Chamber of Commerce and Industry, "Now, construction of houses should be allowed only after parking has been built first." He said that there is a problem because he is not used to going to the store to shop by keeping the car far away. "After moving the municipal office to the new building, it will be easy if parking is managed in the old place," he said, "otherwise there is no vacant land in the center of the market." The market has developed from Devkota Chowk to Airport via Bank Road, Gallamandi. However, there is no publicly available land for parking. Even the people's representative who announced to make the city 'beautiful' in the last election has not been able to manage the parking. Three years ago, an initiative was taken to declare a parking area in the city . At that time, after the businessman threatened that we don't need our 'vote' in the future, the people's representatives stopped taking initiatives for parking management .

District Traffic Police Chief Police Inspector Ranju KC said that the problem cannot be solved unless mandatory parking spaces are allocated in commercial buildings. For the time being, they are looking for land for rent in the market area, but parking should be managed, he said. She said that after making a rule that cars should be kept on one side of the road in the main market area for parking management, when the space is insufficient, it will be seen as vagrancy. According to him, even though it is not on the main road, there is a parking problem due to autorickshaws in the service lane.

The number of registered autorickshaws in the city is around 600. "Unregistered autorickshaws come to Siddharthnagar from other municipalities," she said, "those who do business on the roadside do not even have a place to park their own vehicles." She said that even if the vehicle is parked on one side of the market area, even if it is not parked on the main road, there is vandalism. ``There is no parking lot in the city,'' she said, ``If this is the case, it seems that the problem of parking in Bhairahawa will become worse in a few years.''

Siddharth Municipality head Istiaq Ahmed Khan said that a committee was formed under the coordination of local Gaurav Shrestha to manage the parking lot within 6 months in 2079. According to him, the committee had selected 12 places in the city for parking. The committee suggested that parking can be found at Buddha Chowk, Devkota Chowk, behind Siddharth Finance, Gallamandi and other places. "We have tried to manage the parking in collaboration with the municipality and the private sector," he said, "but the work could not go ahead after the traders of Bank Road protested and surrounded it." Since then there has been no initiative for parking management . After moving the office to the new building, the municipality has sent a proposal to the Ministry of Urban Development for the construction of a parking lot in the old place. Also, he informed that discussions are being held to give discount on map pass to those who build underground parking while building new houses.