884,095 passengers have left the Kathmandu Valley in 20 days.
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884,095 passengers have left Kathmandu Valley in 20 days. The excitement of Holi and elections has increased the number of people leaving the valley. As a result, the roads in the valley are mostly deserted.
Many passengers have left Kathmandu Valley due to the elections, there has been no problem in traffic management for the past few days - Sunil Jung Shah , DSP, Kathmandu Valley Traffic Police Office DSP Sunil Jung Shah of the Kathmandu Valley Traffic Police Office said that there has been less public and private vehicles plying on the roads. ‘Many passengers have left due to the elections,’ he said, ‘There has been no problem in traffic management for the past few days, the number of vehicles plying in the valley is very low.’ Since most of the traffic police are deployed for election security, traffic management in the valley is being done with limited manpower. In some places, the election police are assisting in traffic management.
According to DSP Shah, the traffic police have checked vehicles leaving the valley at Nagdhunga, Balaju, Samakhusi in Kathmandu, Jagati in Bhaktapur, Pharping and Chapagaun checkpoints in Lalitpur and warned the passengers about the journey. 'We have especially warned passengers travelling on motorcycles and scooters about accidents caused by speeding,' he said. 'We have only sent them to warn them not to drive vehicles under the influence of alcohol and not to drive at high speeds.'
According to the traffic police, the number of passengers and vehicles leaving the valley on Wednesday has decreased. The traffic police say that only medium-distance vehicles have left the valley since vehicles will not be allowed to operate from 12 midnight on Wednesday due to the elections to be held on Thursday. The traffic police do not have the number of passengers leaving on motorcycles and scooters.
Pankaj Malla, a manager of Lhotse Multipurpose Pvt Ltd., located at the new bus park in Gongbu, said that the highest number of vehicles left the bus park on 17 Falgun. ‘On Sunday alone, 480 passenger vehicles left the bus park, before that, 300 to 350 vehicles normally leave daily,’ he said, ‘Some vehicles left on Wednesday morning, since vehicles cannot be operated from 12 midnight, we have closed the bus park counter from Wednesday noon for the entire voting period, the bus park is now deserted.’
Unlike in previous years, this time no party candidate has asked the federation for a vehicle -Saroj Sitaula , Acting President, Nepal National Federation of Transport Entrepreneurs He said that 150,000 passengers have bought tickets from the bus park since Friday. Vehicles will be allowed to operate only from Thursday evening after the voting is over. ‘The crowd of passengers going to different districts was like in Dashain, this time there were many public holidays,’ he said, ‘Most of the passengers going out were those going to vote.’ According to him, 300 passenger vehicles left the bus park on Tuesday. He said that only 15 passenger buses left for Pokhara, Butwal and Bhairahawa on Wednesday morning.
This time, passengers spontaneously reserved vehicles in their respective districts for the election, said Saroj Sitaula, Acting President of the Nepal National Federation of Transport Entrepreneurs. "There is more interest and enthusiasm in the current election than in previous elections," he said, "That is why, unlike in previous years, no candidate from any party asked for a vehicle this time." He said that many people have left the Kathmandu Valley, according to his own calculations. "Our estimate is that the number of people who went on motorcycles and scooters is about one million," he said, "Those who went to the polls have reached easily, and passengers and drivers have not had to face any inconvenience or hardship."
