Nepal to commence direct flights to Colombo

Nadira Gunatilleke

Nepal: The Nepal Cabinet has made a decision to commence four direct flights to Colombo from Kathmandu soon. The decision has announced by the State Information and Communications Minister of Nepal Dilendra Prasad Badu during the Cabinet press briefing on yesterday.

This decision will be a big relief for the Sri Lankan Buddhist pilgrims who travel to Kathmandu via other countries spending thousands of Rupees to worship Lumbini, the birthplace of the Buddha. At the moment, the pilgrims pay a large amount of money for the air tickets to travel to kathmandu via other destinations because there are no direct flights to kathmandu from Colombo.

The commencement of direct flights to Colombo from Kathmandu will promote tourism in Sri Lanka and Nepal while giving a chance to worship Lumbini for the ordinary Sri Lankan Buddhists who have little money.