“The latest COVID-19 protocols/guidelines issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) are to be strictly followed in all circumstances,” a DTC notification said.
Delhi-Kathmandu bus service has been closed for more than a year and a half COVID-19 The pandemic will resume from December 15, transport officials said on Tuesday.
A notification issued by the Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) on Monday said that the Delhi-Kathmandu bus will operate from Ambedkar Bus Terminal at 10 am on December 15, DTC’s Deputy Chief General Manager (PR) RS Minhas said.
DTC has tied up with Skyline India (Motors) Pvt Ltd to operate the bus.
“Latest COVID-19 The protocols/guidelines issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) are to be followed in the true sense under all circumstances,” the notification read.
Bus service connecting the capital cities of India and Nepal was started in November 2014. The operation was called off on March 23, 2020, amid the first wave of the pandemic.
It will be “mandatory” for all passengers to carry certificates of both doses of COVID-19 The vaccine and a negative RT-PCR test report within 72 hours of the start of the journey, said a senior DTC official.
Failing to produce the documents, the passengers will not be allowed to board the bus, he added.
The bus service covers a distance of 1,167 km between Delhi and Kathmandu and stops at Firozabad, Faizabad and Mugling (Nepal) in Uttar Pradesh. A DTC official said that earlier the fare for the journey was more than Rs 2,300, which has now been increased to Rs 2,800.
The bus leaves for Kathmandu from Delhi on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. He said that the return bus from Kathmandu to Delhi leaves on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.
The bus will also stop at Sonauli (India-Nepal border) for customs checks. Passengers traveling between Delhi and Kathmandu are not allowed to disembark or disembark en route except at the designated halts.
Maitree Bus Service was started as a symbol of friendship between India and Nepal and since its inception, pilgrims, tourists, foreign representatives and general public from both the countries are frequently taken in buses.
However, there has been no development on DTC’s other international bus service between Delhi and Lahore.
The DTC had suspended the bus service to Lahore in 2019. The decision was taken after Pakistan suspended the Delhi-Lahore bus service after India revoked the special status of Jammu and Kashmir, following the abrogation of Article 370.
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