“सडक सुरक्षा तथा ट्राफिक सचेतना सप्ताह - २०८०” Road safety and traffic awareness week 2080
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Narayankaji Shrestha: He compared the accident data related deaths with the number of deaths during the Maoist insurgency and commented that road related accidents cause more deaths than did the insurgency.
Saroj Sitaula : commented that driver, helpers are not provided with adequate trainings. He also stressed on recognising the drivers who has not made any accident, if they would have been felicitated in this type of program, it would increase their morale. He mentioned that while there are issues of Doctor and Teacher, whole country makes a solid voice, whereas when it comes to drivers, no strong voices are heard. We need to acknowledge that a bus driver has 30-40 lives in this steering's. We should recognise the Drivers's contribution. He emphasise the need of separate bus lane so that the accidents cases come down like the one inaugurated on Asoj 3, a dedicated lane from Ratnapark to Suryabinayak. He commented that in the roads, all the vehicles are in same basket, so let's separate the bus lane, so that there are many trips by the single bus and the passenger load decreases and less chances of accidents and incidents. He stressed on the fact that we are not able to provide hassle free services to the passenger, hence they are now switching to private motorcycle or ride sharing app like Pathao which is send money abroad. hence, if we promote and encourage use of the public transportations then we don't have to send our money outside the country. There are inactions from the government side.
KMC Administrative Officer: KMC has now allocated 34 crore money for the road safety especially for promotional, preventive and curative. Jagat Man Shrestha is helping KMC with the road safety projects. Soon they will assign Transport Pradhikaran CEO, which will be led by Mayor.
Jitendra Basnet CDO: I checked to find that Khulla Manche (open space) is in the name of the Government. We need to reopen the Khulla Manch for the protest, as we are a democratic country, instead they all line up in Mandala, Maitighar and make the traffic congestion worse. Whenever there is an accident, it is referred to as sawari sadan, but not specific to motorbikes or other vehicles. If the protestors can do it there, then it would be safer for them too. Also, you don't find disabled friendly footpath in Kathmandu. If you find, either it is in poor state or not functional for those targeted to use. We also do not have zebra crossing indicating switch, none of the road infrastructure are in international standards. China made the Kalanki to Koteshwor road but are no international standards practices. Citizens also make videos viral to make traffic police morale down, but still, they are doing their work in high morale.
Hari Bansha Acharya,: volunteers his time to produce the documentaries related to road safety. He shared, traffic police are the ones with tension and mental health issues. The imagination of any middle-class family is to buy a house and a car, as we do not have good public Transportaion system. We do not have proper bus stop; the government does not give the land for better management of the transportation to other government agencies.
Basanta Kunwar: We have already put stretched human resources in the road for the traffic safety however we still rely on manual handling of the traffic. The citizens expect all solutions to all the problem. We are also looking to make traffic system more evidence based and use of technology. We are looking to make it two years technology based on traffic management and call on stakeholders to support us on use and adoption of technology.
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