Kathmandu

DHEA to arrange for food and accommodation of stranded passengers at TIA

By Rastriya Samachar Samiti

Passengers bound for the Middle East wait at Tribhuvan International Airport after flights were disrupted by regional airspace closures following escalating tensions and military strikes involving Iran, Israel, and the United States, in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Saturday, February 28, 2026. Photo: Skanda Gautam/THT

KATHMANDU, MARCH 1 The Democratic Hotel Entrepreneurs Association (DHEA) has said that it will provide food and accommodation to the passengers stranded at the Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) following the suspension of flights to various destinations in the Middle East in the aftermath of tensions rising in the region. President of the DHEA, Lila Prasad Dhakal, said that they have made arrangement for food and accommodation for the stranded air passengers at the airport. 'In accordance with the objective that everyone should help any Nepali in difficulty, under the guidance of party president Gagan Kumar Thapa, we, the hotel entrepreneurs, have made this decision and arranged for food and accommodation to the stranded passengers at TIA,' he said. The Association has also urged travellers in difficulty to contact it for help. DHEA is affiliated organisation of the Nepali Congress.