Kathmandu, July 15
In a bid to reduce the number of road accidents and calamities, traffic police say they have tightened implementation of road rules.
Now onwards, the law enforcers will detain people crossing roads haphazardly, ignoring zebra crossings and overhead bridges, and force them to attend a two-hour discipline class.
SSP Basanta Panta, Chief of the Metropolitan Traffic Police Division, says the jaywalkers will be taken to the pavements and given lectures on road discipline.
In the first phase, the classes will be held during peak hours only (9-11 in the morning, and 4-6:30 in the evening) at major junctions of the Kathmandu Valley.
The Division has already mobilised traffic police personnel for the discipline classes.
Earlier last year, police had decided to fine people for jaywalking. The decision, however, was poorly implemented.
