Gyms are going wide and open in Nepal thanks to local governments, private businesses and communities

Abhiyan Aryal, a teenager from Dandagaun on the northern outskirts of Kathmandu, regularly walks 10 minutes to reach an open gym installed in his locality established by the local government, Tarakeshwar municipality. This has been his weekly routine since he has seen the open gym. Every Saturday, he and his brother go to the place, Peepal Danda, and exercise for about an hour.

“Around a month ago, I saw those gym equipment installed in the ground in front of my school compound,” Aryal narrates, “I then shared this with my brother and he also showed interest in it. Since then, we regularly go there to use the service of this free gym.”