Advance ticket booking is open from Monday (27th September 2021 / 11th Ashoj 2078) for those leaving Kathmandu Valley for Dashain. The government has opened advance ticket booking for long-distance vehicles from today.
According to the Department of Transport Management, advance ticket booking for long-distance vehicles has been opened from today after discussions with transport businessmen, consumer rights activists and traffic police.
A ticket counter has also been added for advance ticket booking at the new bus park in Gongabu. According to the department, 11 counters have been added in Gongabu. Now the number of ticket counters in Gongabu has reached 32.
The Lhotse Multi-Purpose Company, which operates a new bus park, has added a ticket counter in collaboration with businessmen after opening advance ticket booking for long and medium distance buses to go home in Dashain.
General Secretary of the National Federation of Nepali Transport Entrepreneurs Saroj Sitaula informed that arrangements have been made to provide bus tickets to the passengers through a computer system at these counters. "All the preparations for advance ticket booking have been completed," Sitaula said. "Ticket booking will start from 7 am on Monday."
The department has stated that arrangements have been made for booking tickets online.
The Metropolitan Traffic Police has set up passenger helplines at 14 places in the capital targeting the festival. The new bus park currently operates public transport in more than 65 districts across the country.
Necessary coordination will be made in the help desk for the fare from the capital to various destinations and for the passengers to reach their destinations easily, said the police.
The Department of Transportation said it was closed during Dashain last year, but this time the coronavirus epidemic is also expected to increase passenger pressure.
About 2 million people have returned home from Kathmandu Valley for long and short distances to celebrate Dashain.
The government adjusted fares last July and increased long-distance fares by up to 30 percent. However, due to the coronavirus panic last year, most people celebrated Dashain in Kathmandu and those who had their own vehicles left Kathmandu.
This year, the transport businessmen estimate that there will be the pressure of passengers returning to the village to celebrate Dashain.
