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 Nepal hospitals suspend OPD services after doctor attack Nepal doctor airlifted after hospital attack sparks protests Sunsari parties urge calm after fatal clash unrest Sunsari District imposes indefinite curfew across multiple areas Finance minister urges diaspora investment to boost economic growth Nabil bank wins Nepal’s best commercial bank award Top Headlines Monsoon is predictable and Nepal’s disaster response should be too1 Before the Ballots: How Oli Lost the Political Narrative2 Balen’s Silence Has Invited Curiosity, Confusion, and Concerns3 Nepal “a Buffer State”: Rethinking foreign policy in relative terms4 Nepal’s Political Renaissance: The rise of the RSP, the re-ordering of the old political order and the political path forward5 Promotion Linked to Future Military Leadership: Major General Magar Could Become Army Chief6 Jagdamba Group Chairman Shankar Agrawal Arrested7 Nepali Congress provides financial assistance for Samba’s treatment8 TRENDING What Makes Prithivi Narayan Shah a Philosopher and a Truly Democratic King? The Role of the Nepalese Army in Strategic Road Projects A phone call that paved the way for RAW Chief’s visit to Nepal 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
