Tempo drivers are driven to despair as not many are using these three-wheelers over Covid-19 fears

Valley’s ubiquitous safa tempos are back on the streets after the lockdown was lifted but safety protocols require them to have just four passengers and drivers are not even getting those.

After the government decided to lift the nationwide lockdown on July 21 and subsequently allowed public vehicles to operate, businesses slowly returned to normalcy. Shops pulled up their shutters for customers, eateries opened doors for their patrons and public vehicles, including safa tempos, were back on the Kathmandu streets.