Bus ticket pre-booking for Dashain to open from Tuesday

Kathmandu / Sept 24: A meeting of the Federation of Nepali National Transport Entrepreneurs Association on Monday has decided to open pre-booking of bus tickets for commuters traveling to their hometown in Dashain.

Earlier, transport entrepreneurs were reluctant to open pre-booking of bus tickets demanding a hike in transportation fares and removal of restriction on bank accounts of transport bodies.

However, after series of discussions and a fuel supply halt that lasted two days, the government agreed to address the demands of the entrepreneurs.

Following a 4-point-agreement between the government and protesting transport entrepreneurs on Saturday, the latter decided to open ticket pre-booking from Tuesday.

“We’re aware that pre-booking of bus tickets should be opened on time. However, soaring fuel price has raised operation cost of vehicles, and we are not in a position to operate buses in long routes while incurring loss,” said Yogendra Nath Karmacharya, president of Federation of Nepalese National Transport Entrepreneurs prior to the agreement.