October 15: The government has opened route permits for public vehicles with effect from Friday. The provision has been made to ease the travel of the public for the upcoming festival of Dashain.

As a result, passenger vehicles are not required to have the route permits to provide service in any part of the country, according to the Department of Transport Management. The provision will remain in effect until October 27.

Likewise, the entry of large goods carrier vehicles including trailers, except those transporting food and other essential items, has been banned from entering the Kathmandu valley.

It may be noted that advance ticket bookings for public transport had opened from October 9 to facilitate passengers going home for Dashain festival.

More than two million people are expected to leave the federal capital for their respective home town and villages to celebrate Dashain, one of the greatest festivals of the majority Hindus in the country. (RSS)