NBSTC starts Siliguri-Kakarbhitta-Kathmandu bus service

SILIGURI, INDIA: After a long gap of two years, a private bus operator with the help of North Bengal State Transport Corporation (NBSTC) started the Siliguri-Kakarbhitta-Kathmandu bus service on Wednesday. The bus was inaugurated by state transport minister Firhad Hakim. The bus will run on a regular basis from Tenzing Norgay bus terminus at 2:00 pm, will cover 615km and reach Kathmandu the next morning at around 7:00 am. The ticket is priced at INRs 1,500 per person. Hakim shared, "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." The passengers on the first-day journey said, "It will reduce time and the fare is affordable." Anurag Agarwal, an Indian bus operator said, the bus service will help people to travel to Nepal for tourist, medical and religious purposes. Bharat Timsihna, a Nepali bus operator said, we are happy that the government has started the much-awaited bus service from West Bengal's Siliguri. This will help people of both countries. We have a very good and healthy relationship with India, but this will again help to boost up. By RSS/RSS READ ALSO:

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