Bus service to Humla begins, vehicle fare becomes cheap

By Rajan Rawat, Humla, Jan 9: Vehicle fare rate to Kathmandu from Simkot of Humla district has become cheap with the start of the passenger bus services.

Earlier, as there were only the bolero jeep in operation, travelers were compelled to pay fare as deemed by, mostly high, the jeep operators.

Dharma Raj Rokaya of Simkot said that bus service has forced the bolero jeep operators to slash fare as the fare in bus is comparatively reasonable. One would have to pay as much as Rs. 10,000 to bolero for travel from Simkot to Nepalgunj, but the bus fare now is only Rs. 5,500, almost half of the bolero.

The bus operators have fixed the fare for different places from Simkot to Kathmandu so that no passenger is cheated or there is any confusion about the fare, said Bishal Rokaya, chairperson of Humla Hilsa Transport.

The bus fare from Simkot of Humla to Kathmandu is fixed as Rs. 7,500.

Humla Hilsa has been operating a bus daily from Simkot to Nepalguj while Batalian bus service has been operating the bus from Simkot to Kathmandu.