Narad Prasad Bhusal, who lives in the mountains, entered Nepal via Sunauli last night. He came to Butwal bus park early in the morning to stay with his relatives on Monday and went home on Tuesday. He spent the whole day waiting for the bus. He had visited India a few months ago, when he returned, neither his family informed him about the traffic stop nor did he know from anywhere.

``I didn't even go back to my relatives, if I thought that I would have to face such a problem  He said, "You don't have to walk away from your relatives, now you have to do something."

Like him, a group of 7 people who had to reach Biratnagar carrying dishes and clothes in sacks were sitting in the bus park . Vasant Krishideva, who is part of the group, said that they had come to Suryapura to build a bridge and when they were going home, the vehicle stopped. According to him, for 40 days, the contractor brought Rupandehi to work at their home. He reached home after work. He left Vasant and his friends to come in the bus .

'The contractor went home and said that he would give the money . We don't even have money, we slept in the bus park all night, we don't have food, we ate chowmin last night and we are still hungry," said Vasant, "there are dishes, we don't have a penny to buy anything to cook, and the contractor has said that he will pay the rent of the car there."

Even though transport businessmen are negotiating with the government by stopping the vehicles, no one has been able to pay attention to the fact that the journey of common people has been affected . On Monday and Tuesday, no short or long distance buses run on the main road of Rupandehi. Some people who spent the night at the bus park in the hope that the bus will run, even though they were able to reserve the vehicle, they are worried that the businessmen will do anything if they take passengers to other vehicles. Even small vehicles, tippers and jeeps have not agreed to help people by carrying them to their destination.

Butwal market, which is always bustling and crowded, is also deserted due to the suspension of public transport . The number of customers in the shop seemed to be low . Even in the fruit and vegetable shops, the traders seem to be running around without customers.

Padam Bahadur Bhat, who came to Butwal three days before going to Japan from Arghakhanchi and stayed in a guest house, said that he was in trouble after running out of money. He is worried that his visa will be canceled if he does not fly within a week. He said that he had gone to Bahrain and Saudi Arabia before and started going to Japan for work. He said that he could not pay the expensive fare to go in a small vehicle and he could not take the risk because the public transport operators threatened him not to drive. He complains that the government has harassed him again at such a time, not giving him a way to do anything in the country.

Many passengers stranded in Butwal bus park on Tuesday  They were saying that the problem of how to reach the destination is coming as the money to pay the rent is spent on food and staying at the hotel. The family of Atul Soni from Gorakhpur, India, who reached Butwal Bus Park after paying 800 rickshaw fare from Sunauli, was saying that there was no other option but to go back by car. Atul, his wife and 2 sons came to Butwal to visit Kathmandu. "Even the rickshaw man didn't tell us not to go because the bus was not running," he said, "how difficult it is for the children, we got stuck on the road when we had to stop to go around." Tilak Pun of Pyuthan, who was on his way home to enroll his son in the village school, said, "I didn't find out about the closure even when I looked at Facebook on the way. I was sad when I got there. It's been two days here, and the car is not safe to drive." He told that he could not leave alone as he, his family and friends had also come. He said that most of the passengers were stuck on the road after running out of money. "Nowadays, it is customary for us to transfer money at home. We have run out of money, and a friend who is going to Pokhara has collected 6,000 from home and stayed in a hotel, waiting for the bus,'' he said.