Capital’s Traffic Problem

It would be redundant to repeat the capital’s traffic problem. Yet the number of vehicle has increased so much that there would be virtually no place if all the motors are brought to the limited and congested road. This problem has further been worsened by the recurrent violation of traffic rules. And one of the most dangerous forms of such violation is the U-turn, which is prohibited by the law. It is a great course of road accidents which has annually been taking hundreds of innocent lives. Though the traffic police have stretched ropes dividing the lanes on certain sections of road, the disease is still rampant in Kathmandu. If well-intended counselling proves futile, stringent measures are what is urgently necessary to improve the situation. We should learn a lesson from the developed world where a slight breach of traffic rule is heavily punishable by law — to the extent that the guilty may lose driving license forever.

Gopal Shivakoti
Maitidevi Kathmandu