- Monday, 24 February 2025
1.7 million people leave Valley for home to celebrate Dashain
By TRN
Online, Kathmandu, Oct. 2: Almost double the number of people has left
the capital city for their homes to celebrate Dashain this year compared to the
last year.
Some 1.7
million people left the Kathmandu Valley in the last 16 days.
The fear
of COVID-19 has discouraged people from traveling home in the previous two
years.
Bijay Swar,
Chairperson of the Federation of Nepal National Transport Entrepreneurs, said
that most people have used public transport to leave the valley.
He said so far 1.7 million people have left the valley and some 200 thousand more will leave the capital city by the day of Dashain. (Translated from RSS Nepali news)
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