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Dashain travel rush: 12 passengers' help desk to be set inside Valley
Metropolitan Traffic Police Division is setting up help desk for convenience of passengers at 12 places in Kathmandu Valley with the opening of ticket bookings in advance for long and medium routes for the Dashain festival.Metropolitan Traffic Police Division is setting up help desk for convenience of passengers at 12 places in Kathmandu Valley with the opening of ticket bookings in advance for long and medium routes for the Dashain festival.
The help desk is to be set up with the joint participation of Nepal Police, transport entrepreneurs and civil society representatives.
The passengers' help desks will be operated at Nagdhunga, Kalanki, Swoyambhu, New Bus Park, Old Bus Park, Chabahil, Tilganga, Koteshwor, Jagati, Lagankhel, and Balkhu, according to division Deputy Inspector General of Police Sarbendra Khanal.
Transport entrepreneurs will face music if they are found carrying passengers more than capacity, forced dropping of passengers on midway, overcharging and selling tickets in black.
However, General Secretary of National Federation of Nepal Transport Entrepreneurs said lack of sufficient space to put passengers' luggage and poor road infrastructures are problems they face during transport. RSS