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.
Source : TRN,
