Kathmandu, March 23 (Xinhua) A car rally organised by the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) to promote regional connectivity, tourism and business among its member states entered Nepal Friday.

A total of 120 people from Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, the Maldives, Pakistan and Sri Lanka with 30 vehicles are in the rally.

The participants of the rally will stay in Pokhara city in western Nepal overnight and leave for Kathmandu Saturday.

The rally will reach New Delhi April 3 to coincide with the opening of the 14th SAARC summit.

It ends in the Maldivian capital of Male April 14, where 15th SAARC summit will be held.

The rally, which originated in Dhaka, capital of Bangladesh, eight days ago, will traverse 8,200 km on reaching the Maldives.