Around 57,000 people left the Valley in 24 hours

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२७ आश्विन २०८३, मंगलवार ०८:१३October 13, 2026

{{TAG_OPEN_div_24}Kathmandu. With the arrival of Bada Dashain, the number of passengers returning home from Kathmandu Valley has increased.

People engaged in studies, employment and various professions have started returning to the villages in the capital to celebrate Dashain. The movement of passengers in long and short distance public transport to different districts of the country has increased at different points of Kathmandu Valley. The number of passengers returning to their villages to celebrate the festival by meeting with family and relatives has increased.

Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) at the Kathmandu Valley Traffic Police Office, Rabindra Khanal, said that 56,809 passengers left Kathmandu for the Dashain festival in the last 24 hours from Monday morning to this morning.TAG_OPEN_div_20

According to him, 5,510 people left through Pharping checkpoint, 27,649 from Nagdhunga checkpoint, 56 from Thankot checkpoint, 513 from Bhimdhunga checkpoint, 972 from Tinpiple checkpoint, 608 from Sankhu checkpoint, 20,615 from Bhaktapur border point and 886 from Bhattedanda checkpoint.TAG_OPEN_div_18

} With the increase in the number of passengers returning home for Dashain, the transport entrepreneurs are facing problems in managing the passengers. Dekanath Gautam, general secretary of the Federation of Nepalese National Transport Entrepreneurs, said that there is a problem in the management of transportation due to the road.

“Traffic management has been hampered as the vehicles have been affected to reach their destinations on time and come to Kathmandu due to the breakdown of various national highways on the eve of Dashain,” he said. General Secretary Gautam said that many vehicles were stuck in Kathmandu due to the disruption of the Prithvi Highway at Galaudi of Dhading on October 23, the day the advance bus ticket booking was opened.

TAG_OPEN_div_12 The federation has urged passengers to travel only by buying tickets, paying the fixed fare, and checking the condition of the vehicles. As Dashain strengthens the bond between family, relatives and community, the number of people returning home for the festival for employment and studies increases every year.