All stakeholders need to be serious to reduce accidents: DPM Shrestha

By Siraj Khan, Nepalgunj, Feb 22: Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister Narayan Kaji Shrestha has said that the concerned authorities need to be serious about reducing accidents while mentioning that many people are killed in road accidents. 

Inaugurating the traffic week jointly organized by the Nepalgunj Metropolis, Kohalpur Municipality and District Traffic Police Office, Banke, at Nepalgunj, DPM Shrestha said that the rules of traffic need to be adhered to minimize the accidents. 

DPM inaugurated the program by putting helmets on the drivers of public transportation and sticking stickers about awareness of traffic rules in using public transport. 

He pointed out that concerned authorities special attention to make quality of roads, mobilizing vehicles as per rules, and enhancing public awareness as they are responsible for reducing accidents. 

The lives lost amid road accidents in the last 10 years exceed the lives lost during Maoist insurgency, DPM said that it is the main responsibility of the government to reduce it. 

He said, “It is not possible to reduce road accidents by the efforts of one sector or organization, for that, everyone from dispersing license, vehicle rider, and regulation and even public needs to play their part honestly.”  

He stressed that regulation bodies need to actively fulfil their responsibilities as a majority of accidents result from human mistakes.