TU Campus ID Card Mandatory During NPL Season 3

Tribhuvan University Campus in Kirtipur has asked everyone in its campus community to carry an identity card when entering the campus during the third Nepal Premier League season, Ratopati reported on October 25.

TU Campus ID Card Notice

Tribhuvan University Campus in Kirtipur has asked its campus community to carry identity cards when entering the campus during the Nepal Premier League. Ratopati reported on October 25 that the University Campus issued a notice on Sunday, ahead of the third edition of the league, requesting everyone entering the campus to bring their identity cards.

The notice is tied directly to the tournament. The third season of the Nepal Premier League runs from Kartik 9 to Mangsir 5, and every match is played at the Tribhuvan University Cricket Stadium in Kirtipur, inside the campus itself. With thousands of spectators, players, officials and broadcast staff moving through the area on match days, the campus has put its entry rule in writing before the first ball.

The message is a request, not a new law, and it is aimed at the people who belong to the campus.

Who Must Carry an ID Card

According to the notice as reported by Ratopati, the request covers three groups: professors, employees and students entering the campus. Those are the people who use the campus every day, and the notice asks each of them to come with their identity card for the duration of the tournament.

The wording matters because the campus is not only a cricket ground. It is a working university site, and its departments, offices and classrooms sit alongside the stadium. The notice therefore speaks to the campus community first, rather than to the general public. A professor heading to a department, an employee reporting for work, or a student attending classes is asked to have an identity card ready at the campus entry points.

Nothing in the report says the rule replaces match entry arrangements. Spectators still enter the stadium under the tournament's own arrangements, with tickets sold through the official channel and gates set out for each section of the ground. The campus notice and the match-day ticket system are two different things, and visitors should not confuse one with the other.

Campus Entry During the NPL Season

The timing of the notice is deliberate. It was issued on the Sunday before the season, so the campus community knew the rule before the crowds arrived. The season opens on October 26, when defending champions Lumbini Lions face Sudurpaschim Royals in a repeat of last season's final, and the schedule then continues at the same ground until the final on November 21.

That single-venue shape is why a campus entry rule carries weight. All 32 matches are staged at one ground in Kirtipur, so the campus faces match-day traffic for almost four weeks rather than for a single weekend. Entry points, security checks and crowd movement have to work day after day, and a simple identity-card request gives campus staff a straightforward way to tell who belongs to the university community.

Security around the tournament is already heavy. More than 1,000 police are to be deployed daily for the season, as reported in Over 1,000 Police to Guard NPL Season 3 Daily, with drones, CCTV and Armed Police Force cover for players and fans. The campus identity-card request sits alongside that wider security picture, covering the university side of the boundary while police and tournament staff handle the stadium side.

TU Ground Match Days in Kirtipur

For spectators, the practical picture at Kirtipur is now well established. League matches carry general admission at Rs 500 and premium tickets at Rs 1,000, with higher prices for the playoffs and final, and tickets are sold through eSewa. On double-header days the first match starts at 12:30 PM and the second at 5:00 PM; on single-match days play starts at 5:00 PM.

The ground itself has been dressed for the season. Kirtipur's approach road and section-wise gates were in place on the eve of the tournament, as described in Kirtipur Dressed Up as NPL Season 3 Eve Arrives, and the venue's upgrades, including around 2,000 additional seats, a covered stand and an LED scoreboard, were completed before the opener, as covered in NPL Season 3 Preparations Enter Final Stage at TU Ground.

Once play begins, the tournament can be followed ball by ball. Live scores track every match, the points table shows the race for the playoffs, and streaming carries the matches for fans who cannot reach Kirtipur. The campus notice does not alter any of that; it simply asks the university's own people to carry identification while the festival of cricket takes over their campus.

What the Notice Means in Practice

In practice, the rule is simple to follow. A professor, employee or student heading into the campus during the tournament should carry the identity card issued by the university and have it ready at the entry points. Carrying it avoids delays and questions at a time when campus entrances are busier than usual.

Visitors who are not part of the campus community should follow the route meant for them: the stadium gates, with a valid ticket, rather than the campus entrances used by staff and students.

The notice runs for the tournament period, Kartik 9 to Mangsir 5. Once the final is played on November 21 and the league leaves Kirtipur, the campus returns to its normal rhythm. Until then, one small habit, an identity card in the pocket, is all the university is asking of its own people.