Dussehra after the disaster: Don’t mind not wearing new clothes in Dashain… Cheaper and better priority

बाढी पहिरोको प्रभाव, बढ्दो महँगी र आर्थिक सङ्कटका कारण उपभोक्ताले खुलेर खर्च गर्न सक्दैनन्: ब्यापारी

लगानी न्यूज

२९ आश्विन २०८३, बिहीबार १४:३०October 15, 2026

{{TAG_OPEN_div_44} Kathmandu. As people return home from Kathmandu Valley to celebrate festivals including Bada Dashain, there is a crowd of consumers in the main cities and markets to buy household items and gift items, including clothes.

With the approaching of important festivals like Dashain, Tihar and Chhath, the crowd of shoppers has increased in the markets of Kathmandu Valley. As in the past, the flow of customers has increased in the main business areas of Kathmandu, shopping malls, departmental stores and local shops.

People who have been living in Kathmandu for employment, studies and various work are preparing to return home to celebrate the festival. Janaki Gyawali, a resident of Gulmi, has been brought to New Road in Kathmandu due to her desire to wear new clothes.

TAG_OPEN_div_38Gyawali, who went to the market to buy clothes for Dashain, said, “I don’t mind if I don’t wear new clothes during Dashain, I am looking for cheap and good clothes. This is the fun of Dashain.” ”

Since goods worth Rs 100 to lakhs are available in the Kathmandu market, consumers are shopping according to their financial capacity. “In Kathmandu, everyone from the poor to the rich can buy goods according to their capacity. This is a good aspect,” said Gyawali.

TAG_OPEN_div_34Festival-targeted discounts and special offers have also attracted consumers in the market. Anshika Thapa, a businessman who runs a cloth sale market under Shankhamul Tower, says that she is selling winter clothes at discounts as the winter season is about to start.

} He said that the main customers of his shop are those who go out of the valley during Dashain, Tihar and Chhath. Thapa said that people are busy from the Ghatasthapana of Dashain to the business Ashtami.

The trend of carrying koseli for family and relatives during the festival has also increased shopping in the market. Mohan Paneru of Doti, who is buying conduit to take home in New Road, said that he also buys spices for Dashain from Kathmandu.

He said that he buys goods from Kathmandu as it is comparatively cheaper. He said that he buys goods from Kathmandu as it is comparatively cheaper than in the village.

“After taking the spices, the parents are happy at home, they feel that Dashain has arrived”, Paneru said. Meanwhile, there is a lot of people shopping in Mangal Bazaar of Lagankhel, Lalitpur. The market, which used to be busy even in normal times, is now crowded with customers.

Ghanashyam Rauniyar, who has been running a garment business in Mangal Bazaar of Latitpur for three decades, said that this year’s Dashain festival is less enthusiastic than in the past. He said that consumers have not been able to spend freely due to the impact of disasters like floods, landslides, rising inflation and economic crisis. “The price of goods is high,” he said, adding that it is a challenge to sell even the goods kept at special discounts.TAG_OPEN_div_24 ”

Although the market is bustling during the festivals, there is no coordination between the purchasing power of consumers and the business expectations of businessmen.