Barhathwa (Sarlahi): In road accidents, 29 people have lost their lives in Sarlahi district during the first six months of the current fiscal year, while 190 people have been seriously injured.
According to Ashok Sah, Chief of the District Traffic Police Office and Police Inspector, a total of 641 accidents involving both small and large four-wheel vehicles as well as motorcycles occurred during this period.
Most of those who lost their lives in these accidents were motorcycle riders and passengers. He informed that accidents are more frequent on the district’s inner roads.
Stating that most accidents occur due to traffic rule violations by drivers and pedestrians, the office has conducted dozens of traffic-rule awareness programs involving schoolchildren, local residents, and pedestrians.
Similarly, during the same period, revenue amounting to NPR 4,828,502 was collected from fines imposed on vehicles for violating traffic rules.
Police Inspector Sah said action was taken against motorcycle riders without driving licenses, those not wearing helmets, vehicles without travel permits, and trucks carrying loads beyond their permitted capacity.
Vehicles violating traffic rules were penalized through inspections conducted at various times on the East–West Highway as well as inner roads. The police have been strictly enforcing the rule requiring two drivers on long-distance passenger buses.
During the six-month period of the current fiscal year, 7,027 long-distance passenger buses were inspected, and 22 were found violating the rules and were penalized, he added.
Comments