Kathmandu, Nov. 11
Online
bus ticketing service, bussewa.com, has launched a passenger lounge (passenger
waiting room) at Dhunge Adda in Kalanki of Kathmandu. Kalanki is the largest
entry/exit point for vehicles and passengers to and from Kathmandu.
The
company said that although there is a passenger lounge facility for air passengers,
a lounge for bus passengers has been built for the first time in Nepal
targeting the passengers traveling by road transport.
“The
bus service has brought the lounge into operation so that the passengers do not
have any kind of hassle while waiting for the bus they are going to,” said the
company. The lounge was inaugurated on Friday by Ghanshyam Giri, Mayor of
Chandragiri Municipality.
Wi-Fi,
tea and coffee, and free drinking water are provided to the passengers in the
lounge. Not only the passengers who bought tickets from the bus service in the
lounge, but also all other passengers can use the facility. With the launch of
the lounge, passengers no longer need to wait for their bus by standing at the
road side facing smoke and dust.
Inaugurating
the lounge, Giri said that this type of lounge, which was built for the first
time in Nepal, would be very useful for passengers.
He
said, “I have never seen this kind of lounge in Nepal designed for the purpose
of road transport passengers. If there are lounges like this in other parts of
the country, the transport business will become more organised. The
municipality will also help expand it to other areas of Chandragiri.”
Similarly,
Superintendent of Police (SP) Awadesh Bista Chhetri of the Traffic Police Division
said that this type of lounge will facilitate the passengers and play a major
role in road safety.
PR
Khanal, CEO of bussewa.com, said that the company has arranged this lounge
keeping in mind the inconvenience of passengers, who have to wait for their
vehicles for a long time, due to lack of security of the goods, and dust.
Published in The Rising Nepal daily on 12 November 2022.
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