June 18: A total of 56 ticket counters have been added at the New Bus Park, Gongabu in line with the decision of Kathmandu Metropolitan City to allow long-route vehicles leaving Kathmandu valley to operate only from the New Bus Park. The decision was implemented on June 16.
The ticket counters were added after the vehicles operating from Chabahil, Balkhu, Kalanki, Balaju, Machhapokhari, Gongbu, Koteshwar, Sundhara and other areas within Kathmandu began operating from the New Bus Park starting from June 16.
Chief of the Municipal Police of Kathmandu Metropolitan City, Rajunath Pandey, said ticket counters operating haphazardly from Gongbu, Kalanki, Chabahil areas have been removed.
Lotse Multi-Purpose Pvt. Ltd has added 56 new ticket counters. Head of Human Resources of Lotse Multi-Purpose Pvt Ltd, Pankaj Malla, said that 56 new ticket counters for jeeps and microbuses have been set up inside New Bus Park for the implementation of the decision made by Kathmandu Metropolitan City.
Earlier, only large public vehicles were operating from the New Bus Park. The New Bus Park, which is spread over an area of 161 ropanis of land, has the capacity to park more than 800 large public vehicles. -- RSS