Nearly one million collected in revenue from traffic rule violators

KATHMANDU: The traffic police has collected nearly one million rupees in fine from traffic rule violators in the last 24 hours.

The police generated Rs 858 thousands in revenue by taking action against 1,720 drivers.

The police took action against 136 persons for driving under the influence, while 124 drivers of ride-sharing services violated code, 129 drivers violated traffic signals and 175 others drove at over speed.

Other drivers booked by the police violated lane discipline, blew horns in restricted area, parked in pavements, and picked and dropped at the wrong places.