Biratnagar sends Kathmanduites on 7 buses, to take back its residents also

Buses hired by Biratnagar metropolitan city to send Kathamanduites stranded there during lockdown, in April 2020.

Kathmandu, April 27

The Biratnagar metropolitan city in Morang district of Province 1 has sent 160 people from Kathmandu who had been stranded there due to the lockdown restrictions, hiring seven buses.

The provincial capital city is planning to take back its residents stranded in Kathmandu to their hometown later today, using the same buses.

Those coming to Kathmandu from Biratnagar had been briefly stopped by police at Nagdhunga checkpoint this morning as the police were not informed about the trip in advance. The buses, however, sent to Kathmandu after recording details of the buses and passengers.

Biratnagar city’s chief executive officer Indra Mani Pokharel says they had had their health checked up before departing last night also.