Lumbini: Electric vehicles that were waiting for a green signal for operation for at least three years here have come into operation from today. The Lumbini Development Trust (LDT) took initiation to operate the vehicles for a trial of at least for 15 days.
LDT vice chair Awadesh Kumar Tripathi, Chief District Officer Bharatmani Pandey, and LDT treasurer Siddhicharan Bhattarai jointly inaugurated the service amidst a program here today. Five electric buses are to provide services along the Lumbini Airport, Belhiya-Ramgram, Airport- Golpark, Lumbini-Tilaurakot site circuit, Airport-Manigram-Devdaha routes, and the shuttle service around Lumbini.
The Hotel Association, Nepali Army, Nepal Police, Armed Police Force, and LDT have each managed a driver for the buses. The trial period of the service will be at least 15 days and then it will be formally launched.
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The vehicles were brought here with the support of the Asian Development Bank and they remained non-operational in absence of a modality for operation. Despite the preparations for launching the service bearing in mind the Dashain festival, the LDT is yet to come up with a sustainable working procedure to operate the service.
Earlier Home Minister Balkrishna Khand on the occasion of World Tourism Day instructed to launch the service promptly.
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