Nepal’s capital introduces women-only buses in an attempt to reduce sexual harassment and groping on public transport.

Announced by the government on Jan 5, the initiative will start with four 16-seater buses that will ply a popular east-west route across the city during peak morning and evening hours. “There were complaints that women are facing groping and sexual harassment while travelling in crowded buses,” says Tulsi Prasad Sitaula, a senior Transport Ministry official.