Two transport federations unite, vow to defy bandhs

Two biggest umbrella organisations of transport entrepreneurs have united.

The Nepal National Transport Entrepreneurs Federation and Nepal Transport Entrepreneurs Federation have united and formed the single Nepal Transport Entrepreneur National Federation.

"The united federation will now move ahead by focusing on consumers' interest," said Dinesh Bhandari, president of the combined organisation.

At a programme organised on Wednesday, entrepreneurs vowed to defy all kinds of bandhs and strikes imposed by political parties or other groups in the coming days. They also asked the government to formulate necessary laws to ban such bandhs and demanded that roads be declared bandh-free zone. nepalnews.com sd Mar 15 07