Passengers of Delhi-Kathmandu bus service dwindle post quake

Passengers travelling to Nepal through DTC’s Delhi-Kathmandu bus service have registered a sharp decline after the Himalayan nation was ravaged by a massive earthquake, in which around thousands of people are feared dead. Delhi-Kathmandu bus service, which was launched in November last year during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Nepal, is run by Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC). Around 35 per cent passengers, who booked their tickets to Nepal, didn’t turn up on Monday and similarly, around 15 per cent passengers didn’t use the bus service on Tuesday. “42 passengers had booked bus tickets to Kathmandu on Monday, but out of these numbers, only 27 passengers turned up and 15 passengers did not come,” DTC’s deputy CGM Dr R S Minhas said. He said that on Tuesday, 35 passengers were supposed to go to Nepal through Delhi-Kathmandu bus service, but 30 passengers turned up.