Kathmandu, October 20: The number of passengers leaving the Kathmandu Valley to celebrate Dashain has been increasing daily. The Kathmandu Valley Traffic Police Office said that 576,578 people had left the Valley between Ghatasthapana and Navami today.
According to traffic police, the passengers left the Kathmandu Valley in 79,676 vehicles during this period.
Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Suresh Prasad Kafle, chief of the Kathmandu Valley Traffic Police Office, said that the number of passengers leaving the Valley included 227,755 women and 348,823 men.
With the number of people leaving the Valley to celebrate Dashain continuing to rise, traffic movement has intensified at the major exit points of Kathmandu Valley. According to the Traffic Police Office, passengers are continuing to leave through Nagdhunga, Pharping, Thankot, Bhimdunga, Teenpiple, Sankhu, Bhaktapur and Bhattedanda, among other exit points.
As the flow of passengers returning to their hometowns for Dashain has increased at these points, traffic police have been paying special attention to managing vehicle movement.
SSP Kafle said traffic police personnel had been deployed on the roads around the clock to ensure passenger safety and reduce road accidents during the festive season.
He added that traffic police had intensified road monitoring to facilitate passenger movement, manage vehicle congestion and minimise the risk of potential accidents.
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