Not ready yet: Why sporadic efforts to introduce e-payment on public vehicles fail in Nepal

It has been around a year since ‘smart travel cards’ were first introduced in the Kathmandu valley. The use of this electronic card started from 10 buses of Sajha Yatayat on the Lagankhel-Naya Buspark route after a long test.

Sajha Yatayat had aimed to expand the use for collecting fares on all its buses. However, the result after a year is rather upsetting today: the use of the cards has now become nominal.