With festivals over and pre-pandemic normal returning, traffic congestion is back

Experts say upgrading road infrastructure and making public transport reliable may provide a long-term solution.

Kamala Paudel who commutes from her Pepsicola apartment to Sanepa in Lalitpur daily, complained that her travel time has increased markedly over the past two weeks. Due to a significant increase in road traffic during the morning and evening rush hours and long traffic jams at intersections these days, it takes her over an hour to reach her office on a scooter, she said. The trip would otherwise take her around 20 minutes.