Half of the 21 city buses plying within Pokhara have failed the pollution test. Transport Management Office, Sawari, Kaski, in coordination with District Traffic Police Office Kaski, checked the pollution of 21 city buses on New Road in Pokhara on Friday morning.

Out of those examined, 11 passed and 10 failed, said Dhaka Prasad Sharma, Head of Traffic Management Office, Traffic Management Office. According to him, the driver of the failed bus has been asked to carry out repairs and not to drive until then. They cannot drive. After repairing, you have to come to the office to check the pollution again. You can drive it only after passing," he said.

He said that if you are found driving while driving, you will be fined from 2 to 10,000 rupees. He said that since the machine was brought from China 20 days ago, now the pollution will be checked from time to time. 

Last week too, the office had checked the pollution of 10 city buses of Pokhara. 6 of them failed. Chief Sharma told that all those 6 vehicles came to the office for testing after repair and passed. 

Pokhara's city bus was heavily criticized on social media for a few days saying that it was difficult to walk outside when the city bus was spewing smoke. After that, Physical Infrastructure Development and Transport Minister of Gandaki Province Prakash Bahadur KC instructed the office through the ministry to check the pollution of vehicles. Minister Casey arrived on Friday morning to inspect the pollution check.