People continue departing Kathmandu Valley for Dashain festival

KATHMANDU: With the Dashain festival round the corner, the number of people leaving the Kathmandu Valley for homes has increased in recent days.

Those engaged in employment and study in the federal capital began returning to their ancestral homes in a huge number to celebrate the Dashain festival. Dashain is the biggest festival of Nepali Hindus. It is also a time for family union and gathering.

Various checkpoints in the valley recorded increasing number of people leaving the federal capital. Deputy Superintendent of Police at the Kathmandu Valley Traffic Police Office, Rabindra Khanal, informed RSS that total 56,809 people left Kathmandu through various checkpoints in the last 24 hours.