Kathmandu Traffic Police Impound Nine Overnight Buses for Illegal Parking and Route Violations

Kathmandu. To make traffic management in the Kathmandu Valley more effective, the Valley Traffic Police Office has taken nine overnight buses into custody for causing obstruction to traffic flow by parking haphazardly.

Spokesperson for the Valley Traffic Police Office, Superintendent of Police Nareshraj Subedi, informed that the nine buses were impounded during a special inspection campaign conducted at various locations across the valley today.

He stated, "Among the buses we have taken into custody, some were found to have expired route permits for up to two years. We will proceed with further action in coordination with the Department of Transport Management regarding this matter."

The nine impounded buses are currently held at the Valley Traffic Police Office in Ramshahpath. Traffic police reported that these buses were creating unnecessary jams on the road and causing inconvenience to passengers and other vehicles.

Senior Superintendent of Police Navraj Adhikari, Chief of the Valley Traffic Police Office, informed that these buses, which operate long-distance overnight services, were impounded after being found parked haphazardly on the road instead of proceeding to their designated destinations as per their route permits.

"The haphazard parking, violating the route permit, was severely affecting traffic movement," he said, adding, "Action will be taken against the impounded buses under Section 75 and Section 160 of the Transport Management Act, 2049 (B.S.)."

Just on Wednesday, traffic police had taken fifteen long-distance overnight buses parked haphazardly into custody.