SURKHET, Oct. 3 -- Surendra Tiruwa of Sannitrivedi in Kalikot district was in Kohalpur, Banke some two weeks ago for a relative's medical treatment. Tiruwa had a five-year-old daughter with him. He tried to get bus tickets for his return home. For two consecutive days, he kept visiting various ticket counters. The money he needed for his journey was already spent on his two days' stay in Nepalgunj.
"I came to Surkhet in search of tickets after not getting tickets in Nepalgunj. But it has been two days since I came to Surkhet and I have not gotten any ticket yet," said Tiruwa.
Hotel expenses in Surkhet have already rendered him broke. "I only had enough money to reach home," he said on Tuesday morning. "I am trying to borrow some from rela...