Kathmandu, October 26
Backtracking from its earlier decision of imposing a partial ban on the movement of tippers in Kathmandu Valley, the government is preparing to let the vehicles, notorious for hit and run cases, operate in the capital.
As a preparation of lifting the ban, the government today decided to let 24 tippers of Ring Road Improvement Project ply the roads from today itself.
Earlier, stakeholders had held a meeting at the Ministry of Home Affairs to discuss the issue. The meeting decided to let the tippers of Project ply freely as its deadline of December is coming closer, according to Lalitpur Chief District Officer Prem Raj Joshi who was present at the meeting.
It has been learned that other tippers will also be allowed to ply freely soon.
In the wake of fatal accidents caused by the tippers, the government had restricted their mobility in the Valley to nighttime (8 pm-5 am) only.
