NEPAL JOURNEY

NBSTC's Nepal tour starts

 

COOCH BEHAR, Oct. 24: The managing director of the North Bengal State Transport Corporation (NBSTC) Mr Samir Kumar Bandyopadhyay flagged off the journey of a luxury tourist bus at 9 a.m. today as the first tourist service to Nepal. The route of the five-night six-day tour package is Cooch Behar –Birganj –Kathmandu –Pokhra. The MD greeted the seventeen tourists with flower bouquets. Senior NBSTC officials including the divisional manager of the NBSTC's Cooch Behar division Mr Subrata Biswas were present at the flag off ceremony at the NBSTC's tourist information bureau complex in Cooch Behar today.

 

Mr Biswas said the NBSTC's Cooch Behar-Guwahati service would resume from 27 October. The popular service has been lying defunct for the last five years due to some problems. After resumption of the much-awaited service the road communication between West Bengal and Assam will be smoother again, Mr Biswas said.

 

Another package for the tourists interested in visiting the Himalayan state of Sikkim - the Cooch Behar-Gangtok service - is also getting popularity. It is a three-night four-day journey and a tourist will have to spend Rs 3,150 only for this splendid tour, Mr Biswas said. []