COVID-19 Impact: Kathmandu Valley sees closure of over 300 hostels

KATHMANDU: Hundreds of hostels facilitating the students’ stay in Kathmandu are facing financial crisis due to coronavirus pandemic and the measures taken to curb the pandemic.

Most of the hostels are shut down after the lockdown the government enforced since March 23 as the students living there left for home dreading the pandemic. The business itself is in stake due to long closure enforced to curb the pandemic.