Bagmati Province Chief Minister Pledges to Resolve Public Transport Issues

Kathmandu. Bagmati Province Chief Minister Indra Bahadur Baniyan has stated that the provincial government is committed to resolving the multifaceted problems of public transport seen within the province.

Chief Minister Baniyan expressed this commitment during a meeting with a delegation led by Saroj Sitaula, the central president of the Nepal Transport Entrepreneurs National Federation. During the meeting, President Sitaula urged the provincial government to facilitate the resolution of traffic problems in public transport, particularly in the Kathmandu Valley, and the practical difficulties faced in providing compensation to the families of those who lose their lives in road accidents and in the treatment of the injured.

President Sitaula complained that entrepreneurs are in trouble because the injured currently have to undergo treatment in expensive private hospitals, and only 300,000 rupees in compensation is received from insurance.

Addressing these complaints and requests, Chief Minister Baniyan stated that the government is ready to move forward in collaboration with entrepreneurs to solve the multifaceted problems of the transport sector. He informed that trauma centers will be developed in hospitals under the provincial government to facilitate the treatment of the injured. He clarified that the provincial government will take initiative for the necessary legal arrangements to ensure that treatment is provided only in government hospitals, with the treatment of the injured as the first priority.

Chief Minister Baniyan mentioned that it is challenging to solve the problems of public transport as Bagmati Province also includes the federal capital and more than 60 percent of the country's total vehicle load is borne by this province. Despite this challenge, he stated that the provincial government is ready to cooperate with entrepreneurs to gradually resolve the problems in the transport sector.