By TRN Online, Kathmandu, July 9: The government has decided to allow resumption of public transport service within a district and in case of the Kathmandu Valley, within the valley.

Dr. Yuba Raj Khatiwada, government spokesperson and Minister for Finance, Communications and Information Technology, said on Thursday that the operator of the public transport should fulfill all safety measures to resume the services.

Speaking at the weekly press meet organised to inform decisions of the Cabinet meeting, Dr. Khatiwada said that a taxi could carry two passengers only but if the passengers are of the same family, the taxi can carry passengers as per its capacity.

Referring to the Cabinet decision, he said public transport service could be resumed for short distance, such as within a district outside the Kathmandu Valley, and in case of the Kathmandu Valley, within the valley.

He predicted that it would take some days for the public transport service operators to arrange for fullfiling the fixed safety measures and standards. But, if they meet the standard, they can resume even from tommorow.

The government has made the standard for public transport service that a public passenger bus can carry passengers only half of its passenger capacity, sanitisers must be made available in the public buses, all passengers must wear face mask and the driver and the assistants must put on gloves and face mask. And that there should be a passenger in a row.

Minister Khatiwada said that the public buses could charge the passengers 50 per cent additional of the normal charge as the service fare.