After the National Federation of Nepal Transport Professionals stopped short, medium and long distance vehicles plying all over the country, its effects have been seen all over the country. According to the correspondent of Kantipur based in Biratnagar, Janakpur, Bharatpur, Pokhara, Bhairahawa, Dhangadhi, thousands of passengers are stranded on the roads due to the traffic stop.

Biratnagar

The effect of the ban on public transport has been partially felt in Koshi province. Small and big vehicles are running uninterrupted. Koshi Pradesh Traffic Police Chief Vinod Ghimire said. 'Vehicles are running, there is no significant impact. Only a partial effect is visible .' Koshi's provincial capital Biratnagar and the eastern district have also had only a partial effect of the bandh.

Janakpur

Traffic Inspector of Dhanusha Surya Bahadur Shahi said that the lack of public transport has affected Janakpur. According to him, thousands of passengers have been stranded due to non-operation of public transport including long and medium distance buses. "Passengers don't have to stop because auto rickshaws run for short distances," he said.

Chitwan

Chitwan has also been affected by the shutdown. In the Narayangadh-Bharatpur area, the road is completely deserted even though there are only a few vehicles with private and black number plates. As passenger buses and other vehicles are not running, it seems that passengers are stranded on the side of the road .

Chitwan District Traffic Police Office Chief Police Inspector Gayatri Raj Sharma said that only tourist buses and a few small local route rental vehicles were plying. 'No one has stopped the buses carrying tourists,' he said, 'compared to other days, less than 50 percent of the vehicles have traveled.' Public vehicles are continuously closed in Gandaki province since May 16. After the government of Gandaki province introduced the regulations regarding ride sharing, the public transport businessmen started protesting against it .

The immediate effect of the closure has also been in the tourist center of Pokhara. In Pokhara, the police had to do skirting after the public transport operators even blocked the buses with green number plates carrying tourists.

Although public vehicles are not visible on the road, motorcycles, private four-wheelers and government vehicles are plying. Security personnel have been mobilized in the main square of Pokhara.

Bhairahawa

Even in Bhairahawa, the streets and market areas have become deserted after the public transport has stopped. Mohan Kumar Chand, Deputy Inspector of Traffic Police, said that even private vehicles were not used for rental buses and cargo vehicles.

Dhangadhi 

Long-distance public transport has not been operated in Far West since Sunday. From Monday, the transport service operating on short distances is also stopped . 

The coordinator of the Federation of Nepal Transport Professionals Sudurpaschim Province Committee, Tekraj Joshi, who is also involved in transport business and labor movement in the Far West, said .

After the government of Gandaki province introduced the regulations regarding ride sharing, the public transport businessmen started protesting against it . Public transport has been stopped for four days in Gandaki province. Every day thousands of passengers are suffering. 

There was a discussion between the government and the transport industry on Tuesday morning. Further negotiations of the second phase are also being held today.