60 people dead, 1030 injured in road accidents in 3 months

KATHMANDU: A total of 60 people have died and 1,030 were injured in road accidents that took place in 10 districts of Bagmati State in three months of the current financial year 2081/82.

A total of 397 road accidents took place during the period, according to the Nepal Police Highway Safety and Traffic Management Office in Chitwan.

During the period, the traffic police have collected revenue worth Rs 27.9 million from the traffic rule violators.

A total of 35,085 drivers were fined for violating traffic rules during the period.

The amount was collected from last mid-August to mid-October.

Meanwhile, the traffic police are monitoring the speed of vehicles through CCTV and radar guns installed on the East-West highway.