Road Accidents Claim Nearly 3,000 Lives Annually in Nepal, Report Reveals

Kathmandu. The state of road accidents in Nepal is becoming dire, a fact that has been made public. The report 'Transport Improvement Suggestion Task Force, 2080' recently published by the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport has presented a frightening statistic that approximately 3,000 citizens lose their lives annually in road accidents in Nepal.According to the report of the expert task force formed under the convenership of former secretary Sharadchandra Poudel, more than 50 percent of those who lose their lives in road accidents are drivers and riders of two-wheeled vehicles, including motorcycles. To reduce this increasing rate of accidents,...