Embracing car-free Saturdays: A tribute to Handigaun’s distinctive community spirit and unity

What would have been a rather busy street became the playground for kids below five years of age in Handigaun. Children got their chalk and drew houses, trees and flowers on the asphalt road while others engaged in slow cycle race. This is not a scene from the Covid lockdown that shut the country down two years ago, but from a Saturday in the middle of autumn in 2023, where residents of the Handigaun area have been enjoying car-free Saturdays.

This Saturday, the residents even enjoyed a Tihar special bazaar targeting the upcoming festival and the preparations around it.