In various places of Kathmandu, three-wheeled tempos are moving from early morning till late in the evening. The story of a laborer trying to support himself and his family by driving a tempo from 5 am to 9 pm is different. A tempo driver spends most of his time on the road, forced to make ends meet with a relatively low income and high prices in the city.

Their time from early morning to late night is spent driving people around. Smriti Tamang is one of those tempo drivers. Smriti runs Tempo on Sundhara to Arubari route from Kathmandu. Some people are surprised when they see her driving a tempo when she is only 27 years old.

Because, most of the young generation of his age are going abroad that there are no opportunities in Nepal these days. A large group of people in Nepal are also complaining that nothing can be done in the country. However, Smriti does not fall into that group. She is a character who is working hard in the country from morning till night.  Even though he makes daily living at a

tempo, the gap between the city's high cost and low income continues to burn him. "Despite suffering so much from morning to night, I have not been able to earn enough to cover the cost," says Smriti. He complains that even though he is working more than plowing the field from morning to evening, he is not able to afford good food for himself. Sometimes Smriti doesn't even have enough money to pay the moneylender in the evening. At that time, his heart becomes more confused. 

Tempo When the money to be given to the moneylender is not enough, the cost of buying ration is also lacking. The price of house rent, gas, rice, dal and other food items and clothes have increased. The amount to be paid to the school for the education of their children also increases every year. However, the income of Smriti and such working class does not increase accordingly due to which the living becomes more difficult.

Santosh Shrestha, co-driver of Microbus, has the same pain as Smriti. Being only 20 years old, he says that he has a big burden on him.

'He suffered from morning till evening, cried in the evening when buying rations, the hard work done throughout the day is not enough, what else to talk about is the cost of eating so as not to eat properly,' says Santosh.

Worked from morning till evening, it is difficult to buy room rent, ration expenses, with the money earned throughout the month. Santhosh says that he became a micro co-driver after passing his twelfth and did not get any other job.

Geeta Deula also has her own pain. Geeta estimates her age to be around 30/34. She works as a street sweeper. He is responsible for cleaning the roads of Kirtipur, Kalanki, Balkhu area. In the morning, she rushes out of her room to clean the street. No matter how hard we try, we can never eat and drink as much as we want. They paid the room rent, ate in the morning and in the evening, and the money ran out, they are living like this," she said.

Geeta also feels that life would be easier if the prices were lower. If you take 5,000 to buy ration, you will get nothing but rice and oil. How difficult it is to teach children. Even if the price has fallen, the sky has touched the sky,'' Geetha tells her grief, 'For those of us who were born to suffer, even if the 134th Labor Day comes, even if it is Dasain, our pain will not go away, the price will not come down, what's the point?' Pushpa says he is 57 years old and single. He works as a heavy transporter if he is hired by the shops around New Road in Kathmandu.

He said that sorrow is also a complaint of a life that is overshadowed by high prices. It is very difficult to bear the cost of Kathmandu with a heavy load. The lighter the weight, the less money, the heavier the weight, the more money. But, the body has stopped carrying heavy loads,'' he says. The cost of room rent, water, electricity is more than the income.'

Pushpa Kathmandu's Mahangi complains about not being able to support his family. I never imagined that big dreams would be fulfilled by carrying the weight of others. However, it is very difficult when we have to pay the ration expenses and house rent," he said, "neither work nor income like before. But the price increase is too much.' 

68-year-old Shanta Ranamar makes ends meet by selling water, juice, masks at a square near NAC building in Kathmandu. Shanta says that it is 54 years since she started selling fruits and sometimes water and juice on the roadside.

He says that he has been doing street business in Kathmandu since he was 14 years old. "In the past, a lot of things came with a little money, now a lot of money comes with little things," she said. He complains that poor people like him are under the pressure of high prices. 

Shanta says that it is difficult for her to raise money for house rent, water, electricity and ration due to high prices. She says that she grew up in Kathmandu, but it was never so expensive and now when she sees rice, oil and pulses growing, her head hurts. "Everything is expensive, the only thing that has decreased due to the cost is the weight of those who work and eat like us. "Other things will only be remembered," she said. Shanta also feels that she would be relieved in daily life if the prices were reduced. However, he has no hope that the price will decrease. 

Meen Bahadur Ramtel sews and polishes shoes near New Road People Boat in Kathmandu. He says he is 70 years old. He also said that it was difficult due to the high cost. Meen says he has been sewing and polishing shoes since 40 years ago. Even if I earned 50/60 on the first day, it was enough for household expenses. Even if you earn 1500 a day now, it will go nowhere," he said. 

He also feels that the price has skyrocketed compared to before. It has reached a situation where oil, rice and pulses cannot be bought for ration expenses. "Expensiveness has cut off neto, there is nothing to buy and choose. The rich can buy and eat no matter how expensive it is, what will a poor person like me do? We are to blame our own fate," he said. There is no other solution than this.' Meen feels that the government would have reduced the prices and if the prices were reduced, other workers like him would have been relieved.

Similarly, there are stories of life with Tara Chaudhary. He is a carpenter by profession. He said that he is 36 years old and said that he has been working as a carpenter for 14 years. Now he is getting work in Balkhu, he says that if he does not get work for a month, it will be a problem. He also says that he is suffering from high blood pressure. "It is not possible to buy oil, pulses, and rice because of the high prices," he said.

He feels that the workers are suffering because of the high prices. He complains that the hard-earned money is expensive. "No matter how hard you work, the money in your hands is like zero," he said. He also wants the workers to get the price of their hard work easily. He said, "Even if the desire and desire are not fulfilled due to high prices, it should be enough to eat two meals and the workers should not have any kind of difficulty in getting the price of their labor," he said.