INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Kathmandu, November 18
Kathmandu Metropolitan City is likely to replace existing three-wheeler tempos and micro-buses that operate as public
vehicles with electric buses.
KMC, in a bid to reduce pollution in the city and make public transportation more reliable has been mulling
over the issue for some time now
KMC Department of Urban Management is set to present a proposal to introduce electric public vehicles at the metropolis& board meeting
tomorrow.
Hari Kunwar, head of DoUM at KMC said, &We had been carrying out feasibility study for introducing electric vehicles in the city.&
KMC officials are mulling over a compensation scheme for tempos and micro bus operators, who have been providing public transport service
inside Kathmandu.
KMC Spokesperson Ishwor Man Dangol said though smaller vehicles proved to be fast, reliable and efficient in the past, it
was time for the local government to upgrade the public mode of transport
&Preferably larger electric vehicles will help curb ever growing need of public vehicles, which will also play important role in reducing
urban pollution.& He added they were holding talks with Sajha Yatayat, a semi-government public transport company.
A KMC source said the
board meeting would deliberate on how to manage existing vehicles and their operators.
Dangol said until the new provision was enacted, KMC
would monitor such public vehicles and urge vehicle owners to improve their condition
&Most of the smaller means of public transportation like tempos and blue-micros were old enough to be operated as public vehicles,& Dangol
said, adding, smaller vehicles also contributed to traffic congestion and were difficult to manage.
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