Nepal’s public transport system: Poor services and uncontrolled fares take a free ride

Raju Prasain in June 2021 had paid Rs 1,500 to go to Jhapa from Kathmandu by road. Recently, he paid Rs 2,400 for the same journey.

“How can the price increase almost double in less than a year,” he says. “I will have to think twice before going home now.”