More than 262,000 people left Kathmandu Valley since Ghatasthapana
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Media Baaji
- Thu, 15 October 2026
Kathmandu. 262,753 passengers have left Kathmandu Valley from Ghatasthapana to date to celebrate Badadasai, the great festival of Nepalese. For the last few days, the number of passengers returning to their homes from Kathmandu Valley has been increasing at all points. Kathmandu Valley Traffic Police Chief and Senior Superintendent of Police Suresh Prasad Kafle informed that a total of 37 thousand 964 passengers have left the valley since Ghatasthapana till date.
Police said that as Dashain approaches, citizens who have been living in Kathmandu valley for study, employment and various professions have started returning to their native places, and the traffic has increased at the new and old bus parks and major checkpoints of the valley.
Express
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