INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Kathmandu, December 16
Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli today directed Home Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa, Minister of Physical Infrastructure and
Transport Basanta Kumar Nemwang and officials concerned to come up with an action plan to control the increasing number of road accidents
across the country.
The PM today called a meeting to find a solution to the increasing road accidents in the country of late.
The prime
minister directed the home minister, the minister of physical infrastructure and transport, secretary at home ministry, secretary at
Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport, chief of Nepal Police, Traffic Police head, director generals of Department of Roads and
Department of Transport Management to make people follow traffic rules and improve the condition of roads.
&After reading the news about an
infant losing its mother in a road accident yesterday, I have not been able to eat and sleep properly.
We are losing a large number of
skillful human resources in road accidents.
Many children and elderly have been left alone to fend for themsleves
To stop all this, we must come up with an action plan,& said Oli.
PM Oli directed the bodies concerned to provide training to drivers of
public vehicle.
He also the directed the authorities concerned to conduct written tests and trials for driving licence in a fair manner.
&Do
not allow public vehicles to carry passengers more than the capacity and do not issue permit to ply the roads that are not safe or are still
under construction,& he instructed.
The prime minister also directed them to strictly adopt road safety measures to avoid road
accidents.
Further, PM Oli urged the ministries and their subordinate bodies to form an investigation committee to find out the real causes
behind the increasing number of road accidents and submit a report along with recommendations.
Meanwhile, the home ministry has pledged to
form a committee to prepare a report on road accidents that have occurred in the ongoing fiscal.
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