Kathmandu, November 12
Five people died in road accidents in the Kathmandu Valley during the Tihar festival.
According to the Kathmandu Valley Traffic Police Office, 78 road accidents occurred between November 7 and 11, the day of Bhai Tika, resulting in five fatalities.
During the same period, 595 people were apprehended and penalised for driving under the influence of alcohol, while 18 drivers faced action for driving under the influence of drugs, said SP Naresh Raj Subedi, spokesperson for the Kathmandu Valley Traffic Police Office.
Including other traffic violations, a total of 2,211 drivers were penalised, including those driving at excessive speeds or recklessly, he said.
Spokesperson Subedi said the office had tightened monitoring, surveillance and enforcement measures using both human resources and technology to improve traffic management in the Valley.
He said technology-based monitoring had also been introduced for faceless traffic management along the road section from Thapathali to Baneshwor.
Subedi said that as the number of vehicles and road accidents continues to rise, managing traffic through human resources alone has become increasingly difficult. Therefore, infrastructure development for technology-based traffic management has been given high priority.
