Transport entrepreneurs take to streets, block road with vehicles (with photos)

KATHMANDU, July 22: The Central Federation of Public Transport, Nepal staged a demonstration on Thursday drawing  the attention of the government to address their seven-point demand.  

During the protest, the transport entrepreneurs blocked the road parking their vehicles along the streets in Kathmandu. 

Some of their demands  include the administration of COVID-19 vaccines to transport staff, adjustment of fares including that of taxis, inclusion of their demands in the monetary policy, extension of the deadline for operation of 20-year-old vehicles, exemption on vehicle insurance and implementation of road act. 

Meanwhile, taxi entrepreneurs also  took to streets demanding fare hikes.

See the photos.