गृहपृष्ठ ∕ Nepal ∕ Public vehicles’ staff required to wear face shields Nepal Public vehicles’ staff required to wear face shields KathmanduPati October 19, 2020 KATHMANDU : The Department of Transport Management has made it mandatory for public vehicle staff to wear face shields along with using other protective materials against COVID-19. The provision is applied to all the public vehicles operating on both short and long routes. Vehicle staff are required to follow the health directives issued by the Ministry of Health and Population mandatorily against the infection, such as wearing face masks, gloves and using sanitizers among others. Likewise, a cabinet meeting on October 12 decided that the public vehicles could have passengers as per their seating capacity and the transport fare has been retained as in the fare adjustment made on September 23, 2018. With this, the government’s directives issued earlier in view of the risk of coronavirus for public vehicles to limit the passenger numbers to half of their seating capacity and hike the fare by 50 percent has been removed, said the Department’s Information Officer Dr Lok Nath Bhusal. “We are monitoring whether the health guidelines have been implemented or not,” he said. Write your comments RELATED NEWS Flood relief funds reach Rs 17.54 billion Landslide suspected as cause of deadly Budhi Gandaki flood Flood sweeps away six bridges, 10 people missing Flood sweeps away 35 homes in riverside villages Flash flood sweeps away riverside bazaar and hydropower camp When Nepal Goes Offline Top Headlines Monsoon is predictable and Nepal’s disaster response should be too1 Nepal “a Buffer State”: Rethinking foreign policy in relative terms2 Promotion Linked to Future Military Leadership: Major General Magar Could Become Army Chief3 When the State Pulls the Trigger, Who Answers ?4 Before the Ballots: How Oli Lost the Political Narrative5 PM Shah pledges Krishnabhir highway reopening within month6 Nepal’s Political Renaissance: The rise of the RSP, the re-ordering of the old political order and the political path forward7 Balen’s Silence Has Invited Curiosity, Confusion, and Concerns8 TRENDING What Makes Prithivi Narayan Shah a Philosopher and a Truly Democratic King? The Role of the Nepalese Army in Strategic Road Projects What role has the Nepal Army been playing in controlling the coronavirus? National Poet Madhav Prasad Ghimire no more Impact of Social Media on Nepalese Society Public Relations for a Soldier Nepal Army initiates investigation into case of financial irregularities by Lieutenant Colonel Janmat Karki Nepal Army’s mission in Lebanon provides Covid support kits to local municipalities
