Hi-Tech Metro buses in Kathmandu

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Travelling on public transportation is a tremendous challenge in Kathmandu as it is always crowded. It is estimated that there are around 4 million people crammed in the valley. According to National Population and Housing Nepal 2011, Kathmandu district has the highest population density in the country of 4,416 people per square kilometre.

The Department of Transport Management (DoTM) says that the capital city contains around 35,000 public vehicles, and that around a million people travel on them daily. As result, the unavailability of public transportation, compulsion to travel in jam-packed vehicles, lack of quality of the service and inconsistency in the service are some common issues that have made life hard for commuters. 

Sajha Yatayat Cooperative and Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) have signed an agreement to operate buses in the Kathmandu Valley. They plan to introduce 80 big buses in the capital city under the Kathmandu Sustainable Urban Transportation Project. Similarly, the move to introduce 2,850 new taxis on the streets of Kathmandu is one of the positive initiatives taken by the government to ease public transportation woes in Kathmandu. However, these efforts

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