INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
KATHMANDU, OCTOBER 10Around 800,000 people have so far left Kathmandu Valley for
their home districts to celebrate Dashain, the biggest festival of Nepal, according to the Federation of Nepalese National Transport
1.3 million people exit Kathmandu Valley in a week
1 lakh people leave Kathmandu Valley daily for Dashain festival
FNNTE estimates that around one million passengers will exit the Valley via road transport for Dashain this
year.FNNTE president Bijaya Swar said that although it was estimated that around 1.5 to 1.8 million passengers will be leaving Kathmandu
Valley for their home towns for celebrating Dashain this year, less than the estimated number exited the Valley due to the disruption of
roads from flooding and landslides triggered by incessant rains on September 27 and 28.
"The roads are in poor shape and
Many people who hail from districts outside of the Kathmandu Valley and currently living here are planning to celebrate Dashain in Kathmandu
itself due to the travel difficulties
Many more people have exited the Valley via airplane," he said.According to Kuwar, the exact figure of people leaving the Valley is awaited
as people will be leaving for their homes until Friday.Kathmandu Valley Traffic Police Office spokesman Bishwa Raj Khadka said the Traffic
Police has intensified surveillance and checking in order to minimize road accidents in the wake of increased road traffic during the
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