Kathmandu, Dec. 20
Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport
Basanta Kumar Nembang has said that the government has prepared a plan to
reduce and prevent road accidents.
“Preventing road accidents has become a priority of
the government. President Bidya Devi Bhandari has also shown serious concerns about
the increasing cases of road accidents,” he said while speaking at a meeting of
the Parliament’s Development and Technology Committee on Friday.
He said that the President had directed the
concerned agencies to take proactive steps against the increasing incidents of
road accidents and the ministry had prepared a report on the issue after
consultation with all the stakeholders including the Ministry of Home Affairs,
Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport and other government and
private sector agencies.
The report has analysed and assessed the reasons
behind accidents, current status, past scenario and statistics of the first
four-month of the current fiscal year 2019/20.
“We have identified the methods to minimise the
accidents and presented them points by points. The report has also recommended
policy measures, and short-term, medium-term and long term legal frameworks for
the same,” he said. “The ministry wants to move it forward as a bill.”
The House panel has expressed serious concerns over
the growing incidents of road accidents and directed the government and MoPIT to
immediately apply measures to curb them.
The committee has also formed a 5-member sub-committee
to conduct a study into the matter. The committee is led by lawmaker Ganesh
Pahadi and members include Yagya Raj Sunuwar, Durga Poudel, Rangamati Shahi and
Gauri Shankar Chaudhary as members.
Published in The Rising Nepal daily on 21 December 2019.
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