Traffic Police Take Action Against 1,922 Drivers in Kathmandu Valley, Collect Rs. 1.97 Million in Revenue

Kathmandu. Traffic police have taken action against one thousand 922 drivers in various places of Kathmandu valley in the last twenty-four hours. Revenue of Rs 1.97 million has been collected from the action.

During the inspection, 118 were punished for driving under the influence of alcohol (Mapse), 198 for ride-sharing, 126 for red lights, 131 for speeding, 73 for lane crossing, 90 for road sidewalks, 95 for horn prohibition, 105 for one-way, and 986 for others, informed the Chief of the Valley Traffic Police and Senior Superintendent of Police Navraj Adhikari.

Traffic police have urged that driving under the influence of alcohol is illegal and punishable, and if passengers suspect that the driver has consumed alcohol or drugs, they should immediately inform the nearest police office, the traffic control room's hotline number 103, and the police's hotline number 100.

Traffic police have taken five drivers into custody for driving under the influence of drugs in Kathmandu valley. Traffic police have been conducting special campaigns to reduce increasing road accidents and make public transport travel safe in Kathmandu valley, and during the 'drug use (lapse) checking' conducted today in the Thali area of Kathmandu, they were arrested.

According to the Valley Traffic Police Office, a joint team of the Valley Traffic Police Office, the Narcotics Control Bureau, and the Thali Traffic Police, with the help of the technical team of the Nepal Police Hospital, conducted special tests on the drivers. During the process, five drivers were found to be driving under the influence of drugs and were taken into custody.

Among those taken into custody, two were bus drivers, one was a mini-truck driver, one was a light vehicle driver, and one was a tempo driver.

Spokesperson of the Kathmandu Valley Traffic Police Office and Superintendent of Police Nareshraj Subedi informed that the drivers were taken into custody after their health examination and preliminary investigation confirmed drug use during the checking conducted by the joint team.