Home Minister directs stakeholders to work for dust, smoke reduction

Kathmandu - Minister for Home Affairs Ram Bahadur Thapa has said that new laws would be brought by amending the existing ones to manage traffic and reduce dusts of Kathmandu valley. 
At an interaction programme of chiefs of metropolitans and municipalities of Kathmandu valley, chiefs of Nepal Police, Armed Police Force, Nepal, National Investigation Department and police chiefs of all three districts of valley on Thursday, the Home Minister said that the penalty amount would also be increased. 

He said, "The contractors have indulge in irregularities due to less amount of penalty, the drivers are running vehicles in high-speed and the pedestrians too have not abided by the traffic rules. This should be reformed." 
The Home Minister said that the contractors failing to complete the construction in time and doing substandard works would be booked. 
He also urged the people's representatives and government officials to extend their support from their respective fields to reduce dust and smokes, and ensure reforms in traffic system of the Kathmandu valley. 
Minister Thapa also directed the officials to advance by snubbing the pressures if they appear in course of action. "I will also move ahead by snubbing the pressure. You also follow the same suit," he asked. 
Delay in road and bridge construction is associated to corruption and irregularity and this would be probed, the Home Minister said. 
On the occasion, the participants present at the interaction suggested to promoting mass transportation vehicles, strict measures in vehicles' check, increasing the penalty amount, booking the sluggish contractors and others.