SIRAHA: As many as 79 people lost their lives to road accidents in Siraha district in the last 11 months of the current fiscal year 2075-76 BS.
A total of 79 people including 64 men, 10 women and five children died in the past 11 months of the fiscal 2075-76, according to the District Police Office, Siraha. Major reasons behind the rise in the number of road accidents are drivers’ recklessness, drink-driving, traffic rule violation, overload of passengers, congested roads and driving without license, said Milan Basnet, Traffic Police Inspector at District Traffic Police Office, Siraha.
He further said they are making continuous efforts for lessening road accidents by devising different measures such as surprise checking, construction of zebra crossing, health check-up of drivers, school visit program and community police partnership programs. Manoj Kumar Chaudhary, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) at Traffic Police Office, Lahan, informed that the office has raised revenue over Rs 15 million in the fiscal year 2075-76 BS from the penalty slapped on bus, truck, car, jeep, tractor, motorbike and other public vehicles for traffic rule violation. Last year the revenue collection was Rs 19.8 million.
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