Impact of public transport shutdown: more deaths, sick people, arbitrary fares in taxis

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Impact of public transport shutdown: more deaths, sick people, arbitrary fares in taxis

After the National Federation of Nepal Transport Professionals stopped short, medium and long distance vehicles plying all over the country, it directly affected the common people. Those who went to the hospital, students and wage laborers were the most affected by the shutdown.

75-year-old Hirlal Kandel, who came to Kathmandu from Chitwan three days ago due to heart problems, is undergoing treatment at Saheed Gangalal National Heart Center in Maharajgunj. He was staying in a hotel in Bagbazar and was going to the hospital by public transport yesterday. But this morning he didn't need to go to the hospital at all.

At once, he did not even find a taxi. After waiting for a long time, I found a taxi, but the fare was very expensive. I was forced to pay very high rent. Another sorrow came in this hot sun,' he complained . Having reached the hospital after paying expensive fare, he was walking around the hospital yard worrying about how to get back to the hotel after the examination.

Kavita Yadav, who took a night bus from Sirah to get treatment for heart disease, got down at the bus park in Jhismise this morning. Kavitha did not know that public transport is closed across the country today until she boarded the car yesterday evening.

When she couldn't get a car to reach the hospital after the bus park fell, she was shocked at once . Kavita, who said that she came to Kathmandu for the first time, said, "If she had known that it was closed, she would not have come to Kathmandu." But the taxi charged very high fare . She came to Kathmandu by paying 1300 rupees and was forced to pay 700 rupees taxi fare on her way to the hospital from the bus park. Talking to Kantipur, she said, 'If it continues like this the day after tomorrow, we might end up paying as much fare as we can.' In Gandaki province, public transport has been stopped for four days.

After the transport businessmen went on strike by stopping the service, the government has formed a 10-member negotiation committee under the leadership of Engineer Krishnaraj Panth, Joint Secretary of Infrastructure Construction and Transport Division, to solve their problems .

There was a discussion between the government and the transport industry on Tuesday morning. According to Vijay Bahadur Swar, President of the National Federation of Nepal Transport Professionals, 7 people from the government and 4 from the transport professional participated in the negotiation committee. Further negotiations of the second phase will also be held shortly.

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