Kathmandu, October 11: Despite bad road conditions, one million 300 thousand people left the Kathmandu Valley in one week for their homes by road by Thursday. They wished to face trouble while travelling to celebrate the Dasain festival with their families. According to the Federation of Nepalese National Transport Entrepreneurs (FNNTE), this number includes those people who left the Valley till Thursday.     

FNNTE had estimated that around 1.8 million people would leave the Valley via road transport for Dashain this year. 

FNNTE president Bijaya Swar said that although it was estimated that around 1.5 million to 1.8 million people would leave Kathmandu Valley for their homes to celebrate Dashain this year, 1.3 million, less than the estimated number, left the Valley due to the disruption of roads from flooding and landslides triggered by incessant rains. 

People’s News Monitoring Service.

Source : https://www.peoplesreview.com.np/2024/10/11/1-3-million-people-left-valley-within-a-week/