Nearly 1 million Dashain travelers expected to leave Kathmandu Valley
Summary
Nearly 650,000 to 975,000 passengers are expected to leave Kathmandu Valley for Dashain, with tens of thousands of public vehicles needed to handle the surge. Authorities plan added traffic management, passenger assistance desks and tighter monitoring to ease congestion, overloading and ticket black-marketing.
Key Points
- A parliamentary committee study projects that 650,000 to 975,000 passengers will leave Kathmandu Valley for Dashain this year.
- The study says 43,574 to 65,361 public vehicles will be needed, with peak pressure expected around Phulpati and nearby days.
- Authorities plan to deploy more than 1,300 traffic police personnel, passenger assistance desks and emergency response teams at key locations.
- The report recommends better ticketing, advance bookings, vehicle fitness checks, anti-overloading measures and stronger long-term public transport systems.
