Private bus service between Siliguri and Kathmandu started after 2 years
After losing almost two years to the pandemic, a private bus operator with the help of North Bengal State Transport Corporation (NBSTC) started the Siliguri - Kakkarvitta - Kathmandu bus service on the afternoon of Jul 6.
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Kathmandu, Jul 7: After losing almost two years to the pandemic, a private bus operator with the help of North Bengal State Transport Corporation (NBSTC) started the Siliguri - Kakkarvitta - Kathmandu bus service on the afternoon of Jul 6. The bus was inaugurated by State Transport Minister Firhad Hakim.
The bus will run on a regular basis from Tenzing Norgay bus terminus at 2 pm, will cover 615km and reach Kathmandu the next morning at around 7 am. The ticket is priced at Rs.1500 per person. The passengers on the first-day journey appreciated that the bus service will reduce time and even the fare is affordable. The bus service is expected to help the people to travel to Nepal for tourist, medical and religious purposes.
Hakim said during the inauguration, "I am happy today that the service after a long gap is being started by NBSTC. The tourism between North Bengal and Nepal will have a boost and definitely, there will be more and more passengers in future. So that NBSTC will run more and more buses to entertain the passengers." Hakim also said that they are waiting for the NOC from the Bangladesh side to run the bus service from Siliguri to Dhaka, Bangladesh. They will start as soon as getting the permission.
The passengers expressed happiness about the govt's decision to start the much-awaited bus service from West Bengal's Siliguri. The bus service will boost the healthy relationship that India shares with Nepal.