At National Bus Park and New Bus Park in Kathmandu Gongbu, the number of passengers going home on Dasai has started to increase.
In three days after Ghatasthapana, 138 thousand 296 passengers have left Kathmandu. According to the Kathmandu Valley Traffic Police Office, 40 thousand 923 passengers left Kathmandu on October 6, 39 thousand 814 on October 7, and 57 thousand 559 on October 8.
Spokesperson of the office, Superintendent of Police (SP) Naresh Subedi informed that those who came to Kathmandu Valley for study, business and employment from different parts of the country left the valley while going home to celebrate Dasai. According to him, the data is of passengers going to their destination from Thankot, Sanga, Dakshinkali and Balaju.
Vijay Bahadur Swar, president of the National Federation of Nepal Transport Professionals, said that there was a problem in the movement of vehicles due to landslides on the highway due to rain. "When there was a landslide on the Mugling-Narayanghat road section, the vehicles were stopped for hours, due to which there was a problem in sending the passengers to their destinations as the bus did not reach Kathmandu on time," said President Swar.
Kathmandu Gongbu National Bus Park and New Bus Park have also started to increase the number of passengers going home on Dasai. Sunil Kunwar, General Manager of Lhotse Multi-Purpose Pvt. Ltd., which operated the new bus park, said that 500 buses started leaving the new bus park daily.
He said that at other times, an average of 250 buses left daily, but now the number has increased. For the convenience of passengers, the Kathmandu Valley Traffic Police Office has established passenger assistance rooms at 15 locations in Kathmandu Valley in collaboration with various organizations.
