Dharan-Chatara-Sindhuli-Hetauda
road nears completion, by Pratap Bista (kp
Five
dead, 12 injured in a road accident in Pyuthan
(rep 14/04/2021)
Five
killed and 20 injured in tractor accident in Chitwan :
The tractor carrying construction workers fell off a
cliff in Bhandara on Sunday evening, Ramesh
Kumar Paudel (kp 12/04/2021)
Government
finalises contracts to widen Prithvi Highway : Traffic
on one of busiest highways in the country is expected
to ease once the project is completed, officials say,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 11/04/2021)
Pedestrians
Reluctant To Use Overhead Bridges In Rupandehi :
Jaywalking still a big problem, by Laxman Paudel
(rn 09/04/2021)
Nepal’s
other pandemic: road fatalities : More people die on
Nepal's highways every year than in all natural
disasters combined, by Anita Bhetwal (nt
09/04/2021)
Chamari-Thori
road project draws ire ; Local residents have
expressed dissatisfaction over the contractor’s
handing over of the road in an incomplete state,
by Shankar Acharya (kp 06/04/2021)
Oli
rushes to inaugurate 165 road projects without their
preparatory works complete : Observers term prime
minister’s move a populist ploy aimed at securing his
political position, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
04/04/2021)
Chitwan
sees rise in two-wheeler accidents : Out of 493
vehicles involved in road accidents this fiscal year,
244 were two-wheelers, according to the data of
the District Traffic Office in Chitwan (kü
03/04/2021)
Complete
the highway : The Postal Highway can bring about
socio-economic changes in the Tarai region should it
complete in time (ht 02/04/2021)
Kathmandu-Tarai
expressway faces further delay as House committee
orders scrapping of bidding process : With only one
bidder selected in the pre-qualification process to
build two tunnels and a number of bridges, the
awarding of the contract to the lowest bidder is not
possible, by Binod Ghimire (kp 02/04/2021)
Road
office starts disabled-friendly pavement project in
Kathmandu, by Anup Ojha (kp 02/04/2021)
Roads
built in Tarai region handed over to public (ht
01/04/2021)
Motorable
road reaches remote Baglung villages : The road link
comes as huge relief especially for pregnant women and
the elderly in times of emergencies, villagers say,
by Prakash Baral (kp 28/03/2021)
Beni-Jomsom
Road To Be Closed For Four Days (rn 23/03/2021)
One
killed, 22 others injured in school bus accident in
Dang (rep 23/03/2021)
Ring
Road expansion works face delays : Department of Roads
says project will start soon after it receives the
design from the Chinese company, by Anup Ojha (kp
21/03/2021)
Embossed
number plate mandatory on all vehicles, by Sabina
Karki (kh 21/03/2021)
Butwal-Narayanghat
road expansion project stares at delay : Work to
expand the two-lane road to six lanes began two years
ago, but only a fraction has been completed, by
Narayan Sharma (kp 20/03/2021)
Postal
Highway Construction Moving At Snail’s Pace, by
Santosh Subedi (rn 20/03/2021)
Connecting
Nepal, India and China, by Devchandra Bhatta (ae
19/03/2021)
Ten
years on, Kamala bridge yet to come into operation :
Roads linked to the bridge have been washed away by
floodwaters, delaying the opening of the bridge,
by Santosh Singh (kp 19/03/2021)
Majority
of e-rickshaw drivers without licence in Dharan : The
number of e-rickshaws operating in the city areas of
Sunsari has seen an exponential growth in the
past five years, by Pradeep Menyangbo (kp
18/0372021)
Valley
folk embrace ride-hailing services for ease of use :
Nearly 2.5 million people have downloaded the app to
request a ride, according to data compiled by the Post,
by Krishana Prasain (kp 17/03/2021)
Applicants
now have to wait for months to even sit for driving
exam : Members of public fear catching Covid-19 on
buses, but it’s no excuse to drive without licence,
officials say, by Shuvam Dhungana (kp 16/03/2021)
Only
cycle lanes are not enough, stakeholders say : They
want Department of Roads to make the Valley’s roads
more cycle-friendly but it is reluctant to do so,
by Anup Ojha (kp 16/0372021)
Three
dead, 10 others injured in road accident (rep
13/03/2021)
Kathmandu-Terai-Madhesh
Expressway : Fast progress (sp 12/03/2021)
Kalikot
Microbus Accident Update: Two Dead, 16 Injured (rn
11/03/2021)
Department
of Roads plans to construct flyover at Gwarko :
Traffic engineers say flyovers alone won’t reduce
accidents, by Anup Ojha (kp 09/03/2021), Flyover
to nowhere : The Department of Roads’ plan to
construct a ‘flyover’ at Gwarko is myopic ((kp
10/03/2021)
Karnali
Corridor bringing prosperity in the region : Economic
activities have increased in various districts of
Karnali Province with the construction of the corridor,
by Tularam Pandey and Raj Bahadur Shahi (kp 07/03/2021)
Memories
of house demolition haunt us every day, Balaju Bypass
residents say : Eviction of 39 families has left deep
mental scars on members of Newa community, by Anup
Ojha (kp 06/03/2021) [Court
decisions do not apply to Oli and his henchmen!]
Road
track from Kalikot to Humla opens after seven years :
The construction work has now reached its final stage
with only a kilometre of the track to be opened,
by Raj Bahadur Shahi (kp 28/02/2021)
Road
upgradation continues amidst tight security (ht
28/02/2021) [What does the Oli
government care about Supreme Court directives!]
32
bridges to be constructed along road section
connecting Rasuwagadhi within a year and a half,
by Himnath Devkota (rep 27/02/2021)
Province
1 traffic police enforce ‘no-horn’ rule with love,
by Kishor Budhathoki (ae 26/02/2021)
Our
roads to disaster : It would of course be too much to
expect a 50m stretch of road to be expanded in a day,
by Dinkar Nepal (ae 26/02/2021)
Insufficient
budget mars upgradation of Karnali Highway (kh
23/02/2021)
Two
suspension bridges being constructed daily (kh
23/02/2021)
Road
project in Taplejung halted for want of explosives,
by Ananda Gautam (kp 21/02/2021)
Martadi-Kolti
road section left in limbo in Bajura (ht
22/02/2021)
Upgradation
work of Nagma-Gamgadhi road halted due to funds crunch
: Poor road conditions have made it difficult to
transport daily essentials from Gamgadhi, the district
headquarters, to remote areas of Chhayanath Rara
Municipality, by Raj Bahadur Shahi (kp 20/02/2021)
Govt
expedites preparations to introduce embossed number
plates in all vehicles by mid-May (rep 18/02/2021)
Lalitpur
on its way to becoming cycle-friendly city but
Kathmandu lags behind : A 22 km-long cycleway is being
built in Lalitpur in the second phase but Kathmandu
has so far failed to carry out its plan to build cycle
lanes, by Anup Ojha (kp 15/02/2021)
Mid-hill
highway brings eastern hilly districts closer to
Kathmandu: NPC Vice-chair Prof Dr Kandel (kh
11/02/2021)
Applications
for new driving license exceed half a million (rep
08/02/2021)
Darchula
residents demand resumption of tuin service, by
Manoj Badu (kp 01/02/2021)
Eight
months on, work stalled at Darchula-Tinkar road :
Sunsera-Mal section of the road was obstructed by
landslides in June last year, by Manoj Badu (kp
29/01/2021)
Officials
yet to implement safety suggestions for
Kalanki-Koteshwor road : Two years after the safety
audit report was submitted, officials are still not
implementing the recommendations fully. Pedestrians
and other road users still find themselves in danger,
by Anup Ojha (kp 29/01/2021)
As
life seems to return to normal in Capital, traffic
jams are common again : Traffic authority mobilises
volunteers to manage cars and pedestrians, but
residents not convinced it will be of help, by
Anup Ojha (kp 28/01/2021)
Local
residents concerned about shoddy work on Jayaprithvi
Highway, by Basanta Pratap Singh (kp 27/01/2021)
Installation
of suspension bridges in Gandaki Province delayed as
pandemic leads to shortage of cables : Works on 23
suspension bridges in various districts of the
province have been halted due to the shortage, by
Pratiksha Kafle (kp 18/01/2021)
Easier
driver’s licence tests go against road safety,
officials say : The move is aimed at easing the
pressure of service seekers and discouraging corrupt
practices, transport department director-general
argues, by Anup Ojha (14/01/2021)
Haphazard
road construction posing threat to trekking routes
(ht 14/01/2021)
Traffic
jams on Koteshwor-Jadibuti road getting worse :
Officials say the airport authority has not been
cooperating fully to allow road widening work on its
land due to security concerns., by Anup Ojha (kp
12/01/2021)
Shortest
Kathmandu-Hetauda Road Construction Gathers Pace
(rn 07/01/2021)
Upgradation
of Syafru-Rasuwagadhi road section to begin from April,
by Himnath Devkota (rep 07/01/2021)
Kathmandu’s
defunct street lamps raise safety concerns, by
Anup Ojha (kp 06/01/2021)
Work
on bridges under way along Koshi Corridor (ht
06/01/2021)
Kathmandu
traffic office starts online classes for rule
violators : Every day, around 200 people who are
caught flouting traffic rules take online classes
conducted by the division office, by Anup Ojha (kp
04/01/2021)
Construction
of Binayak-Thantikhand road under Mid Hill Highway
project delayed : Works on the 16-kilometre road
section have been delayed due to a lack of raw
materials and skilled human resources, according to
the employees of the road project, by Menuka
Dhungana (kp 02/01/2021)
Butwal-Narayanghat
road expansion on hold due to workers’ strike :
Protesting workers want minimum wage for their labour.
Project contractor says the workers did not
report to work despite the agreement reached on
December 22, by Narayan Sharma (kp 01/01/2021)
Golanjor
residents protest poor upgradation work along BP
Highway : The protesters say they would let
construction work resume after the road project
changed the work estimate and design of the road.,
by Raj Kumar Karki (kp 29/12/2020)
With
the opening of night time businesses, traffic police
crack down on drink driving : The division office in
the past week has booked over 400 people for driving
under the influence of alcohol but virologists say
using breathalysers is too risky, by Anup Ojha (kp
24/12/2020)
Officials
undecided on resumption of driving licence tests :
Department of Transport passing buck without giving
information, cheating the public, provincial
authorities say, by Anupo Ojha (kp 24/12/2020)
Kanchanpur
road projects are running behind schedule : Project
contractors cite funds crunch as reason for delays
while the stakeholders point to the contractors’
negligence, by Bhawani Bhatta (kp 23/12/2020)
Upgradation
of Syafru-Rasuwagadhi road section sees inordinate
delay, by Himnath Devkota (rep 21/12/2020)
Odd-even
rule in Kathmandu Valley lifted (kh 17/12/2020), Odd-even
rules on Valley traffic lifted, by Anup Ojha (kp
18/12/2020), Odd-even
rule lifted, Valley braces for traffic snarls : But
newly installed traffic lights will provide respite to
people using the road, traffic officials say, by
Anup Ojha (kp 19/12/2020)
Mid-Hill
Highway: Jajarkot section yet to be blacktopped
(kh 15/12/2020)
Humla
linked to national road network (ht 14/12/2020)
Three
killed, seven injured as truck hits seven vehicles
(ht 13/12/2020)
High
power lights to be installed in over 50 intersections
in Kathmandu (kh 13/12/20209
Mahakali
bridge work hits snag due to lack of construction
materials : To keep the Mahakali river on course,
around 5.5 km-long embankment needs to be constructed
for which large rocks are needed, project officials
say, by Bhawani Bhatta (kp 11/12/2020)
One
dead, one injured as a speeding car turns turtle in
Bhaktapur, by Krishna Kisi (rep 06/12/2020)
Four
dead, four injured in jeep accident in Doti, by
Arun Bam (rep 06/12/2020)
Lack
of budget management affects road construction (ht
04/12/2020)
Construction
of a bridge over Arun river delayed by a decade : The
foundation stone of the bridge was laid 10 years ago
but work remains incomplete, by Alisha Shrestha
(kp 02/12/2020)
Swoyambhu
stakeholders against Ring Road expansion (kp
30/11/2020)
Black-Topping
Works On Kaski Section Of Mid-Hills Highway Started
(ht 30/11/2020)
Track
from Byas to Khalanga yet to be built despite
government assurancesThe federal, provincial and local
governments claim to have resumed an old horse track
on the Nepal side this year but local residents say
otherwise, by Manoj Badu (kp28/11/2020)
Six
killed in jeep accident in Gulmi (kh 27/11/2020)
Gaighat-Diktel
road project fails to complete even after over two
decades : The road project is still incomplete due to
the negligence of construction companies and the
government’s failure to monitor them, people in
Khotang say; The road project was initiated by
the Man Mohan Adhikari government in 1994, by
Dilliram Khatiwada (kp 27/11/2020)
Is
the odd-even system in Kathmandu working? Depends on
who you ask, by Sunny Mahat (ae 27/11/2020)
Asian
Highway now connected with Nepal, by Radha Khanal
(ae 27/11/2020)
Foundation
stone laid for three bridges (ht 27/11/2020)
Road
accidents continue to take toll on lives in Kathmandu
valley (ht 26/11/2020), Drive
safe : Fewer vehicles on the roads do not necessarily
translate into fewer accidents and casualties as was
shown during the lockdown (ht 27/11/2020)
Construction
Pace Of Kathmandu-Tarai Fast Track Accelerated With
Arrival Of International Consultant, by Ishwor
Chandra Jha (rn 25/11/2020), Kathmandu-Terai
Fast Track project achieves only 11 percent progress
(rep 25/11/2020)
Thousands
deprived of driving licence : Department of Transport
passes the buck on ministry to resume issuing licences,
by Anup Ojha (kp 24/11/2020)
Bridge
construction over Triyuga in limbo (ht 24/11/2020)
Five
die, six injured in Baitadi jeep accident (rep
24/11/20209
Road
to Everest: Tourists can breakfast in Kathmandu and
drive to Khumbu for dinner: With a new bridge, Khumbu
region has become accessible by land, an alternative
to flying to the precarious Lukla airport, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 23/11/2020)
Traffic
police install ‘stop, look, go’ signs in city to
prevent accidents : Officials say 35 percent accidents
happen on link roads., by Anup Ojha (kp
22/11/2020)
Construction
of Tinau-Danab corridor road begins in Rupandehi : The
corridor will be extended in future to reach
Nepal-India border through Marchawar, by Amrita
Anmol (kp 21/11/2020)
33
years on, Sahajpur-Bogtan road still incomplete
(ht 20/11/2020)
Nine
people killed, 34 others injured in Baitadi bus
accident : The bus en route to Mahendranagar with 43
passengers on board fell nearly 600 metres down the
road at Khodpe in Patan Municipality, by Tripti
Shahi, Mohan Budhaair and D.R. Pant (kp 14/11/2020)
Movement
on multi-span bridge over Mahakali river closed
(kh 13/11/2020)
Nine
dead, 34 hurt as bus plunges 500m in Baitadi, by
Tekendra Deuba (ht 13/11/2020)
Lalitpur
has cycle lanes. But do they work?, by Sunny Mahat
(ae 13/11/2020)
Four
Killed In A Road Accident, Locals Block Lamahi-
Bhalubang Road, by Diwakar Pokharel (rn
11/11/2020)
Government
issues public transport development board formation
order (ht 08/11/2020)
At
least 10 killed in separate accidents on Saturday
(rep 08/11/2020)
Minister
Bhattarai stresses on completing Olangchunggola
roadway, Tamor corridor (kh 08/11/2020)
Nepal
building a highway to Everest : New road linking Lukla
to rest of the country will transform region, not all
of it for the better, by Surendra Phuyal (nt
06/11/2020)
Bhajani
locals suffer in lack of bridge over Kandra River,
by Arjun Shah (kp 05/11/2020)
Five
killed in separate incidents (rep 02/11/2020)
Blacktopped
road in Gorkha peels off in just one day of its
construction, by Narhari Sapkota (rep 02/11/2020)
Public
vehicles told to display fare (ht 01/11/2020)
Washing
vehicle to be made mandatory at entry points to
Kathmandu (kh 01/11/2020) [Wouldn't
it make more sense to wash the vehicles when they
leave the valley, when the KTM valley is supposed to
be the absolute hotspot?]
Narayangadh-Butwal
Section Of East-West Highway In Awful State, by
Modnath Dhakal (rn 01/11/2020)
Highly
prioritised road projects make poor progress : Many
national pride projects are faltering mainly due to
lack of resources and land acquisition dispute,
officials say, by Prithvi man Shrestha (kp
29/10/2020)
Mid-Hill
Highway struggling for timely completion due to
COVID-19 crisis (kh 20/10/2020)
Poor
visibility on dusty Butwal to Narayanghat road raises
accident risk : Incomplete road expansion project has
made the road section prone to accidents, by
Narayan Sharma (kp 18/10/2020)
Passengers
leaving Valley overcharged even after fare hike
reversed : There are not enough passengers to cover
operation costs and fuel expenses, long haul bus
operators say, by Anup Ojha (kp 18/10/2020)
Five
Killed In Bhadaure Bhir Road Accident In Okhaldhunga
(rn 18/10/2020)
Monsoon-battered
Siddhartha Highway causes hours long jam : Road office
says it does not have the funds to repair the highway
this year, by Madhab Aryal (kp 16/10/2020)
Government
decision to relax protocols on public buses draws
criticism : Activists, doctors and local authorities
say the move will only increase the risk of
transmission of Covid-19 among the public, by Anup
Ojha (kp 14/10/2020)
Humla
getting connected to road network (kh 14/10/2020)
Traffic
resumes on Besisahar-Chame road after Bailey bridge
built, by Aash Gurung (kp 13/10/2020)
CM
Rai lays foundation of bridge over Dudhkoshi river
(kh 13/10/2020)
Revoking
its earlier decision, govt allows public vehicles to
carry passengers full of their capacity (rep
13/10/2020)
Second
phase of Kathmandu Ring Road expansion remains
uncertain : Though the Ministry of Physical
Infrastructure has directed concerned
authorities to clear the 8.2 km road within
three months, officials say it is not easy to do so,
by Anup Ojha (kp 13/10/2020)
Bridge
construction in limbo for four years in Panchkhal
(ht 12/10/2020)
Traffic
police step up checks to discourage drink driving as
festive season nears, by Anup Ojha (kp 10/10/2020)
Traffic
police and transport department to set up 11
help desks this week : Focus of health desk will
be on checking compliance to the health protocol
and monitoring the bus fares; Fewer than 700,000
people are expected to leave the Valley for the
Dashain festival this year, by Anup Ojha (kp
08/10/2020)
Bridge
over Trishuli River at high risk (ht 08/10/2020)
Two
dead, two injured in Siddhicharan Highway accident,
by Maheshwor Chamling Rai (rep 08/10/2020)
Govt
issues public transport operation guideline (ht
07/10/2020)
Five
killed in Jajarkot jeep accident (kh 07/10/2020),
Six
dead, one hurt, one missing as jeep plunges 200m into
river in Jajrkot (ht 08/10/2020)
Public
vehicles flout health safety measures (kh
05/10/2020)
Department
to end Valley road-widening project : Some of
remaining major expansion works will likely be carried
out by division road office within this fiscal year,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 03/10/2020)
Panchthar
road starts falling apart before completion (ht
01/10/2020)
Budget
duplication and irregularities in road projects go
unchecked in Dailekh districtLocals have raised
questions about the poor monitoring and evaluation of
the development projects by the local
authorities, by Jyotee Katuwal (kp 30/09/2020)
Odd-even
rule on road traffic reinforced in Valley as cases
surge : According to the Metropolitan Traffic
Division, over 1,595 traffic rule violators have been
booked, as of Tuesday evening, by Anup Ojha (kp
30/09/2020)
Construction
of bridges in Khotang left incomplete : Development
activities have not gained momentum in the district
due to delay in the bridges’ construction, by
Dambar Singh Rai (kp 28/09/2020)
Local
governments must take its advice on roads, Roads
Department says : Unnecessary and haphazard feeder
roads destroy natural drainage, and trigger
landslides, experts say, by Prithvi Man Shrestha
(kp 27/09/2020), Road
to destruction : We cannot hand over our fragile hills
and mountains to contractors and bulldozer drivers
(kp 28/09/2020)
Weeks
to go for Dashain, but bus operators yet to start
pre-booking tickets : Around two million people left
the Valley during the festival last year, this year
the number is expected to drop to less than 700,000,
according to Metropolitan Traffic Police Division,
by Anup Ojha (kp 27/09/2020)
A
tale of two transports : Airline operators cheer,
public vehicle entrepreneurs glum as services resume,
by Arpana Ale Magar (ht 26/09/2020)
Locals
in Jajarkot still using tuin to cross river for years
(rep 25/09/2020)
Driver’s
licence tests to resume only after Tihar, by Anup
Ojha (kp 23/09/2020)
Sajha
to operate long-distance buses from Wednesday (rep
22/09/2020)
Bahrabise-Tatopani
road in Sindhupalchok in sorry state, by Anish
Tiwari (kp 20/09/2020)
Fuel
tanker plunges into Trishuli River, driver and helper
remain unscathed (rep 20/09/2020)
Unnecessary
road projects in rural areas of Baglung arecausing
floods and landslides : The Infrastructure Development
Office opened two new tracks in the last month
of the last fiscal year to avoid budget freeze, say
local residents, by Prakash Baral (kp 19/09/2020)
Movement
along Beni-Jomsom road disrupted due to multiple
landslides : Hundreds of vehicles carrying vegetables
from Mustang have been stuck along the road section,
by Ghanshyam Khadka (kp 18/09/2020)
Coronavirus
pandemic offers hope for cycling future : More
bicycles on the streets will mean the pressure on the
government to invest on cycling-friendly
infrastructure including repairing potholes will grow,
by Anup Ojha (kp 14/09/2020), Cycling
to change : The pandemic has given us an opportunity
to reimagine urban planning and design (kp
15/09/2020)
Transport
entrepreneurs announce to resume long-distance
passenger vehicle service from Sept 17 (rep
10/09/2020)
Bridges
along Parbat section of the Mid-Hill Highway in
desperate need of repair : The lack of repair and
maintenance over the years has left all five bridges
in Parbat riddled with potholes, by Agandhar
Tiwari (kp 09/09/2020), Bridges
to hell : As defaulting contractors remain scot-free,
bridges continue to pose a threat to life and property
(kp 10/09/2020)
36
road projects under construction in Karnali state
(kh 09/09/2020)
Bridge
construction over Bansbittaghat river left incomplete
for a decade : In absence of a bridge, villagers in
Siraha and Dhanusha rely on boats to cross the river,
by Bharat Jarghamagar (kp 07/09/2020)
Dummies
make Valley road users aware of proposed hike in fines
: The Metropolitan Traffic Division Office has already
talked to the Department of Transport Management to
raise the fines, officials say, by Anup Ojha (kp
02/09/2020)
Traffic
lights installed and repaired at major junctions of
Kathmandu Valley, by Anup Ojha (kp 20/08/2020)
Bike
sellers struggle to fulfil swelling demand amid the
Covid-19 pandemic: Valley residents are rediscovering
the good old bicycle as the virus limits their
transportation options (kp 13/08/2020)
Six
people killed, many injured in separate road
accidents: A bus en route to Achham carrying returnees
from India fell off the road in Doti, killing three
persons and injuring 33 others, by Madhav Aryal
and Mohan Shahi (kp 13/08/2020)
Road
Mishap In Doti: Three Dead, 32 Injured (rn
12/08/2020)
Three
killed, one injured in a car accident in Rupandehi,
by Rekha Bhusal (rep 08/08/2020)
Vehicles
start plying long-haul routes in Kaski, charge
exorbitant fares: Although long-distance travel
remains banned, both private and public vehicles are
moving in and out of Pokhara with passengers, by
Deepak Pariyar (kp 07/08/2020)
With
many traffic officers in quarantine, motorists flout
odd-even rule: More than 300 officers have been in
placed in quarantine after Covid-19 infection was
detected in two traffic offices in Kathmandu, by
Anup Ojha (kp 07/08/2020)
Tempo
drivers are driven to despair as not many are using
these three-wheelers over Covid-19 fears: Valley’s
ubiquitous safa tempos are back on the streets after
the lockdown was lifted but safety protocols require
them to have just four passengers and drivers are not
even getting those, by Anup Ojha (kp 01/08/2020)
Poor
roads continue to trouble Kathmandu denizens;
authorities say they could not work because of
lockdown: The Department of Roads had announced to
upgrade the Valley’s roads during the lockdown, but
its work was focused mostly on the so-called VIP areas,
by Anup Ojha (kp 01/08/2020)
Lalitpur
to install 669 smart electric street lamps on three
routes: It is a first in the country but could be
expanded in other parts of the country depending on
interest, says Kul Man Ghising of NEA, by Anup
Ojha (kp 29/07/2020)
Multiple
landslides obstruct several sections of Siddhartha
Highway: Some of the road sections blocked by
landslide debris had also suffered the same fate last
year, by Madhab Aryal (kp 28/07/2020)
Traffic
Disruption Affects Life In Mustang (rn 26/07/2020)
Majority
of public vehicles in the Valley are not following
health and safety rules: Public health experts have
warned of the coronavirus risk if public vehicles do
not follow the guidelines set by the government,
by Anup Ojha (kp 24/07/2020)
Resumption
of taxi services fail to cheer up drivers, by
Nishan Khatiwada (ae 24/07/2020)
Vehicular
movement resumes in full swing in Kathmandu valley
(ht 23/07/2020), Public
vehicles violating safety rules (ht 23/07/2020)
Landslides,
flood make commuting to remote areas difficult in
Dhading (ht 23/07/2020)
BP
Highway disrupted following heavy rainfall (rep
20/07/2020)
Haphazard
construction of rural roads causing landslides: The
construction of roads without proper surveys has been
the leading cause of landslides in several places of
the hill districts, by Pratiksha Kafle (kp
20/07/2020)
Beni-Jomsom
road section badly damaged due to landslides: The road
stretch that connects the eastern and southern corners
of Gandaki Province is highly vulnerable to landslides,
by Ghanshyam Khadka (kp 20/07/2020)
Prithivi
Highway disrupted as road depresses at Mauwakhola, by
Narahari Sapkota (rep 20/07/2020)
Lalitpur
Metropolitan City announces plans to build five
flyovers in the city: Mayor Maharjan says he is
committed to completing the detailed project reports
within his tenure (kp 19/07/2020)
Public
transport to resume from tomorrow, by Kunga
Hyolmo (rep 19/07/2020)
Locals
still cross Lalbakaiya river in Tikuliya Ghat by boat:
A boat capsized by hitting the pillar of the
under-construction bridge and killed five people two
years ago but the under-construction bridge has not
been completed yet, by Shiva Puri (kp 19/07/2020)
Nepal
Army studying legal implication of expressway
consultant being blacklisted: The World Bank has found
Korean company designing bridges and tunnels in the
expressway guilty of fraud in Vanuatu, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 18/07/2020)
Siddhartha
Highway blocked following landslides, by Mukti
Prasad Nyaupane (rep 18/07/2020)
Driver’s
licence tests may resume only after Dashain, transport
department says: Hundreds of thousands of applicants
and many driving instruction schools have been
affected as licence application and tests have been
closed since March, by Anup Ojha (kp 18/07/2020)
Federation
halts public transport, but some private companies
resume service in Kathmandu Valley: Private companies
that have started operating buses accuse the transport
federation for trying to restore syndicate in the
sector, by Anup Ojha (kp 15/07/2020)
Restoring
public transport: The government needs to strike a
balance between safety and reopening the economy
(kp 13/07/2020)
Consumer
rights activists, commuters criticise public transport
fare hike: The decision puts extra burden on members
of the public, who are already stressed financially
due to the Covid-19 pandemic and the lockdown,
observers say, by Anup Ojha (kp 12/07/2020)
Public
transport operators decide not to resume services
despite lifting of ban: They say that the government
needs to fulfill their demands first, by Anup Ojha
(kp 11/07/2020)
Building
Safer Hill Roads Through Bio-Engineering, by
Navaraj Pokharel (rn 09/07/2020)
Drivers'
Negligence Blamed For Higher Rates Of Road Accidents
In Valley (rn 08/07/2020)
Four
cops injured in clash with locals in Khokhana, by
Keshab Raj Thoker (rep 04/07/2020), Khokana
locals, police clash over ‘paddy transplantation
protest’: Police say four personnel injured; locals
say over a dozen were hurt in the incident, by
Shuvam Dhungana (kp 05/07/2020), Listen
to Khokana: The government can’t dislocate thousands
of people from their indigenous habitat in the name of
development (kp 06/07/2020)
Ride
sharing app start limited services in Kathmandu:
Company says it’s only for emergency use, traffic
police say riders will be punished if caught, by
Anup Ojha (kp 03/07/2020)
Government
urged to make transport service effective (ht
03/07/2020)
Public
vehicle entrepreneurs are caught between months of
inactivity and growing calls from banks to pay loans:
Even though the government has eased the lockdown for
private vehicles with an odd-even rule, there’s no
such arrangement for public vehicles in sight, by
Deepak Pariyar (kp 02/07/2020)
Taxi
drivers protest outside transport department, accuse
officials of forcing them to ‘kill themselves’: Ever
since the government eased the lockdown rules from the
second week of June, taxi drivers have been raising
their voice demanding that they too be allowed to work,
by Anup Ojha (kp 01/07/2020), Drive
home a solution: The government must either let taxi
drivers return to work or help them financially
(kp 02/07/2020)
Road
construction puts settlements in Baglung at risk of
landslide: Since the monsoon rains intensified in the
past two weeks, the district has seen over a dozen
landslides, by Prakash Baral (kp 27/06/2020)
Landslides
and floods threaten many settlements in mid-hill
region: Haphazard construction of rural roads have
raised the risk of landslides and erosions, road
engineers say, by Madhab Aryal (kp 25/06/2020)
Traffic
lights back in operation in valley (ht 24/06/2020)
Kathmandu
Metropolitan City announces subsidies for staff to buy
bicycles: Cycling enthusiasts, however, say the
decision makes little sense when the mayor hasn’t
built a single cycle-friendly lane in the city in his
three years in office, by Anup Ojha (kp
22/06/2020)
Cabbies
hit by government decision to ease lockdown only for
private vehicles: In the past two days, traffic police
have detained over 700 taxi drivers for defying the
restriction, by Anup Ojha (kp 18/06/2020)
Sharp
rise in number of people entering Kathmandu after govt
eased lockdown (rep 16/06/2020)
1,754
accidents in lockdown kill 193 people (kh
16/06/2020)
Odd-even
rule for motorcycles irks commuters: The rule will
affect hundreds of people rely on two-wheelers to get
to work and run their businesses, by Anup Ojha (kp
16/06/2020))
Government’s
odd and even rule not effective in Kathmandu,
virologist suggest if vehicles and number of people on
the road not controlled this will create havoc:
Citizen criticize the government’s rule of restricting
pillions in motorcycle and call it a ‘nonsense move’,
by Anup Ojha (kp 13/06/2020)
Restriction
on pillion-riding affects mobility (ht 13/06/2020)
Two
dead, two missing as tipper plunges into Karnali River
in Kalikot: Following an altercation with the
passengers, the driver exited the vehicle which had
its engine running, causing the accident, police said,
by Tularam Pandey (kp 11/06/2020)
Digging
of roads banned from June 15 to September 16 (ht
10/06/2020), Road
department to not allow digging on urban roads during
rainy season: Despite the notice, roads will be dug up
to lay pipes under the Melamchi Drinking Water
project, officials say, by Prithvi Man Shrestha
(kp 11/06/2020)
Kathmandu
city officials fixing pavements that don’t need
fixing, locals allege: Ward representatives, however,
say they are utilising the budget, and accusations
against them are politically motivated, by Anup
Ojha (kp 05/06/2020)
An
electric shock to Nepal’s energy future: Hike in e-car
tax will increase dependence on imported petroleum,
add to air pollution, by Ramesh Kumar (nt
05/06/2020
Roads
to nowhere: The government’s planning of major traffic
infrastructure within the Valley shows how careless
its plans are (kp 01/06/2020)
12
killed and 21 injured in an accident in Banke: The
injured have been taken to Nepalgunj-based Bheri
Hospital for treatment, said police, by Madhu
Shahi (kp 01/06/2020), Banke
road accident: Death toll climbs to 12, four
critically injured, by Arjun Oli (rep 01/06/2020),
Dozen
die, 21 injured as microbus rams into parked truck in
Banke: All passengers on the bus were migrant workers
returning home from various cities in India after
losing their source of income in the midst of the
coronavirus pandemic, by Thakur Singh Tharu &
Madhu Shahi (kp 02/06/2020)
Flyover
and underpass plans fail to convince some urban
planners: Similar projects were announced in the past,
only to be abandoned, they say, by Anup Ojha (kp
31/05/2020)
Government
halves budget for Kathmandu-Tarai expressway: The
project deadline could be affected due to budget
crunch, Defence Ministry officials say, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 30/05/2020)
DoR
blacktops 77-kilometre road during lockdown: lockdown:
The department has also completed the construction
work of 21 bridges (ht 25/05/2020)
Traffic
fatality rate in Valley unchanged despite lockdown
restrictions: Overspeeding on empty roads has caused
10 deaths in the last 48 days, according to the
traffic division office, by Anup Ojha (kp
14/05/2020)
DoR
working on various projects despite lockdown (ht
22/04/2020)
Contractors,
industrialists face difficulty getting workers to
return to workplace: Workers’ unwillingness, lack of
transport and accomodation facilities hurt efforts to
re-start work, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
20/04/2020)
Gaushala-Chabahil
road maintenance to begin today (ht 19/04/2020), Construction
of Gaushala-Chabahil section halted: Truck ferrying
construction materials stopped by locals in Kavre
(ht 22/04/2020)
Road
office takes lockdown as opportunity to upgrade roads
in Kathmandu: After resurfacing nearly 12 km of the
city's roads, the road office is currently painting
road markings, officials say, by Anup Ojha (kp
16/04/2020)
Army
rushes to pick consultant for Expressway as nation
combats coronavirus: Law flouted while selectiung
Korean firm (rep 02/04/2020), Nepal
Army selects consultant for Kathmandu-Tarai expressway
by violating procurement guidelines: Complaint says
army officials completed contract negotiations, which
would normally take two weeks, within three hours,
by Anil Giri (kp 03/04/2020), Consultant
selection process in controversy (ht 05/04/2020)
Curfew
clamped in Panauti as protests erupt after truck kills
woman and her child: During Monday’s protests, police
used tear gas shells and opened fire in the air to
disperse the mob. Six police personnel and three
locals were injured in the clash, by Nagendra
Adhikari (kp 18/03/2020)
In
Nepal, road safety battle can be won: The investment
in road safety is not just a moral imperative, but a
development priority, by Hartwig Schafer (kp
17/03/2020)
National
pride project Kaligandaki Corridor’s construction
grinds to a halt: The 131km road project kicked off in
January 2019, by Narayan Sharma (kp 15/03/2020)
New
lane rules along Koteshwor-Kalanki stretch (ht
15/03/2020)
Space
crunch hits KMC’s plan to construct parking lots
(ht 15/03/2020)
Ride-sharing
services banned yet again (ht 12/03/2020)
Six-lane
road turns into a playground for children, by
Rohit Mahato (rep 12/03/2020)
Road
authorities to clear encroached land along Bhimdatta
Highway: Hundreds of houses and huts have been built
encroaching upon the area near highway that links the
hill districts of Sudurpaschim Province to Dadeldhura,
by D.R. Pant (kp 11/03/2020)
New
lane rules to be enforced along Koteshwor-Kalanki
stretch (kp 11/03/2020)
Installation
of traffic violation software in three more places
comes as relief to traffic police, service seekers:
Officials say the new system will help maintain an
exact record of traffic rule violators in Kathmandu
Valley and assist in planning, by Anup Ojha (kp
09/03/2020)
Six
killed, 34 injured in two road accidents (rep
05/03/2020)
Overloaded
trucks take toll on Ghorahi-Holeri Road, by Dinesh
Subedi (kp 05/03/2020)
Lalitpur
locals call officials out on dusty, pothole-riddled
road: After running out of options, they installed
‘protest boards’ by collecting up to Rs 200, by
Anup Ojha (kp 04/03/2020)
No
solution in sight for the deadlock surrounding
Mid-hill Highway’s construction in Lamjung section: A
total of 813 houses would be brought down if the
current policy of the city development committee holds,
by Aash Gurung (kp 03/03/2020)
Traffic
cops start monitoring public vehicles (ht
02/03/2020)
Delay
in road blacktopping triggers protest, road block in
Gorkha, by Narahari Sapkota (rep 01/03/2020)
New
lane rule on Suryabinayak road to minimise accidents,
punish rash driving: Traffic police say heavy
vehicles, including buses, need to stay on the left,
private vehicles on the right (kp 29/02/2020)
Construction
of Nagdhunga-Sisne Khola tunnel from Dhading side to
begin, by Rudra Khadka (rep 29/02/2020)
Night
bus service planned in Kathmandu from Nepali New Year:
Although city rules say buses should run till 10pm,
roads wear deserted look after 8, by Anup Ojha (kp
28/02/2020)
Traffic
congestion in Rajbiraj affects locals: In the absence
of bus parks, public vehicles stay put on the road to
pick up passengers, causing a long traffic snarl,
by Abdhesh Kumar Jha (kp 27/02/2020)
Construction
of Diktel-Khanidanda-Ahale road in limbo: The deadline
for the project, which began in September 2018, is
March 20, by Dambar Singh Rai (kp 26/02/2020)
Build
bridges (rep 24/02/2020)
Road
expansion drive along Mahendra Highway halted as a
byproduct of coronavirus outbreak: Several officials
representing the contractor haven’t returned to Nepal
since they travelled to China to celebrate the Chinese
New Year last month, by Narayan Manandhar (kp
23/02/2020)
Nepal
needs additional $879m for safer roads: WB (ht
22/02/2020)
Gaur
Bazaar section of Malangawa road yet to be asphalted:
The locals in the area complain of poor health
conditions because of air pollution caused by the
dusty Malangawa-Nawalpur road, byOm Prakash Thakur
(kp 20/02/2020)
Naagdhunga
road full of potholes again, by Sarita Shrestha
(kp 20/02/2020)
Repair
work yet to begin on damaged Narayangadh-Muglin road:
Some sections of the road stretch started to sink
while the upgradation work of the Narayangadh-Muglin
project was underway two years ago, by Ramesh
Kumar Paudel (kp 19/02/2020)
Dismal
progress in Saljhandi-Sandhikharka-Dhorpatan road
project: Only a 10-kilometer stretch of the road has
been blacktopped so far, by Laxman Ghimire (rep
19/02/2020)
NCP,
NC roads in Bajura! (ht 19/02/2020) [Party
political insanity!]
Nepal
Army fails to spend budget for the expressway again:
Calling bids for complex bridges and tunnels before
the new fiscal year was not possible, Brig-Gen Pandey
says, by Binod Ghimire (kp 18/02/2020), Efficiency
eludes the army: Delays to the Kathmandu-Tarai
expressway will further put forth compounded
challenges (kp 19/02/2020)
Infrastructure
development discourages agriculture production in
Doti: Those families who were self-reliant are now
completely dependent on the market for their daily
supplies, by Mohan Shahi (kp 18/02/2020)
Four
killed in road accidents in Morang (ht 16/02/2020)
Haphazard
construction of rural roads increases the risk of
accidents along the Mahakali Highway section that
passes through Darchula: According to transportation
entrepreneurs and workers, instead of easing
connectivity, the rural roads have been causing
landslides and transport disruption, by Manoj Badu
(kp 15/02/2020)
CCTV
cameras a boon for tackling hit-and-runs, by Ashim
Neupane (rep 15/02/2020)
Department
of Roads wants to use airport land to ease traffic
congestion at Koteshwor: The civil aviation ministry
has agreed to provide land for a two-lane road on the
Koteshwor-Jadibuti section and a one-lane road near
Jadibuti, officials say, by Anup Ojha (kp
14/02/2020)
Regulate
ride-sharing services: Patan High Court (ht
14/02/2020)
KMC
plans to operate night bus service within the city
(ht 14/02/2020)
Over
600,000 waiting for driving licenses for months: Mass
printer fails to clear license backlog as hoped
(rep 12/02/2020)
Humla
folks still dependent on tuins to cross Karnali river:
There are six tuins still in operation across the
Karnali river in the district, say locals, by
Chhapal Lama (kp 11/02/2020), A
bridge to fear: Rural Nepalis continue to rely on
risky tuins to cross rivers; the government must speed
up efforts to replace them (kp 12/02/2020)
DoTM
to increase age limit for obtaining driving licence
(ht 11/02/2020), DoTM
set to increase age limit to 18 years to get driving
license (rep 11/02/2020)
Budget
crunch leaves fate of Jumla-Jajarkot roads in limbo
(ht 11/02/2020)
Vehicular
collisions need more attention: Research needs to be
conducted to create driver-centred interventions to
prevent road traffic crashes, by Mukesh Adhikari
(kp 10/02/2020)
Under-construction
bridge at Tikuliyaghat develops cracks: The
under-construction bridge in Tikuliyaghat deadline has
not been extended but the construction work is still
incomplete, by Shiva Puri (kp 09/02/2020)
Recently
asphalted Charpane-Narayanchok-Jayapur road develop
cracks: Some sections of the six-kilometre road are
riddled with potholes, say locals, by Arjun
Rajbanshi (kp 08/07/2020)
A
two-way street: Maintaining road discipline and
ensuring road safety will bear less fruit if the
government or motorists fail to do their part (kp
06/02/2020)
Sajha
explores legal options as government demands Rs 3
billion back along with interest: Company’s chief
executive says authorities must back the decision with
a ‘solid reason’, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
04/02/2020)
Bijuli
Bazaar arch bridge is set to open in a month, but
there are concerns it will ease traffic: There’s
uncertainty over completion of a similar bridge in
Tinkune after Pappu Construction, the contractor, was
blacklisted for using substandard material, by
Anup Ojha (kp 04/02/2020)
Electric
vehicles proposed for top-level government officials:
A committee under the Ministry of Physical
Infrastructure and Transport comes up with the plan in
a bid to reduce expenses over fossil fuel-run vehicles
and promote EVs in the country, by Chandan Kumar
Mandal (kp 02/02/2020)
Most
roads in Ramechhap are unmotorable: Keeping in view
the poor condition of rural roads, all three
governments—federal, provincial and local—have
prioritised road upgradation work in the current
fiscal year, by Tika Prasad Bhatta (kp 02/02/2020)
Chhepetar
in Gorkha Municipality tense after tipper-hit kills
woman (ht 01/02/2020)
Open
manholes have now been covered but their elevation
poses another problem: Raised manholes, which act as
an unexpected speed bump on the roads and cause
accidents, are a death trap, said numerous drivers,
by Anup Ojha (kp 31/01/2020)
Traffic
Police have made lane discipline more stringent, but
only 33 percent of roads in Kathmandu have road
markings: On average, the traffic police books 200
lane violators every day in the capital, by Anup
Ojha (kp 30/01/2020)
Shailung
Construction was fined for project delay, but
government body is unsure whether it should recover
the fine amount: Shailung is being fined Rs150,000 per
day since October for the delay of upgrade and
expansion of Kamalbinayak-Nagarkot road, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 29/01/2020)
Tension
flares after tipper kills youth: Curfew imposed to
restore normalcy (ht 29/01/2020)
Road
division offices are not getting issue-specific
suggestions from procurement monitoring office:
Procurement monitoring office says it lacks officials
with technical background to address the concerns of
road division offices, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
28/01/2020)
Criticism
leads Department of Roads to restore 12 dysfunctional
traffic lights, but no one is sure about their
longevity: Traffic lights on the Capital's roads were
dysfunctional almost throughout the past year, by
Anup Ojha (kp 27/01/2020)
Speeding
drivers causing road accidents in Mahendranagar:
Thirteen people have died in 31 road accidents in the
first six months of the current fiscal year, according
to the data of the District Traffic Police Office in
Kanchanpur, by Bhawani Bhatta (kp 26/01/2020)
Gorkha-Barpak
road awaits blacktopping (rep 26/01/2020)
Locals
face hardship as road project in Janakpur keeps
missing deadline: The Postal Highway Directorate is
once again set to extend the project deadline by a
year, by Santosh Singh (kp 26/01/2020)
Govt
decides to retract Rs 3bn from Sajha Yatayat (ht
24/01/2020)
Lalitpur
needs to live up to its promises on promoting cycling:
The city has promised to change urban mobility for the
better, but implementation has been lacking still
(kp 24/01/2020)
Nepal
Cycle Society awaits approval and implementation of
new cycle law in Lalitpur: City mayor assures that the
law will be passed at any cost, by Anup Ojha (kp
23/01/2020)
Bagmati
Province to operate electric buses by mid-May:
Province to procure vehicles itself, after an
agreement between the government and Sajha Yatayat
Co-operative fell apart over share issues, by
Subash Bidari (kp 23/01/2020)
New
fast track in Eastern Nepal cuts short distance by
almost half, by Bhim Chapagain (rep 23/01/2020)
7
killed, 35 injured in truck accident (ht
22/01/2020)
Province
1 government opposes Centre’s move to build roads in
state: Provincial, local governments say the federal
government’s guideline regarding the construction of
connecting road infrastructure infringes upon their
rights, by Deo Narayan Sah (kp 21/01/2020)
Opening
of track linking Taplejung headquarters to China
border point elates locals: For the track to reach the
Nepal-China border point, the construction company
still needs to cut a passage through a nearly
one-kilometre rocky cliff face, by Anand Gautam
(kp 20/01/2020)
Time-card
system introduced in Jhapa to control road accidents:
The traffic office has set up its desks in
Kakadbhitta, Birtamod and Damak to issue and check
time-cards, by Arjun Rajbanshi (kp 20/01/2020)
Urban
Road Standard gathers dust at Cabinet for five months,
by Umesh Poudel (ht 20/01/2020)
Humla
connected by road network (rep 20/01/2020)
Too
many vehicles, too short road: Until the dichotomy
between the number of vehicles and the size of road is
bridged, traffic congestion will haunt us as a
nightmare, by Thaneshwor Chalise (rep 19/01/2020)
A
municipality in Khotang has two bus parks but they are
never occupied: Haphazard parking in the market area
has increased the risk of accidents because of
congestion, locals say, by Dambar Singh Rai (kp
18/01/2020)
Road
safety awareness drive launched for jaywalkers, but
people complain of faded zebra crossings: Traffic
police have given awareness classes to more than 1,900
jaywalkers over three days, by Anup Ojha (kp
17/01/2020)
Poor roads the main
reason for road accidents in Salyan, police say:
According to police data, road accidents in the
district have risen by three-fold in three years,
by Biplav Maharjan (kp 17/01/2020)
Road
linking bridge over Mechi River yet to be built
(ht 16/01/2020)
A
remote village in Musikot connected to road network 17
years since construction started: With direct
motorable access to nearby markets, villagers hope for
development to take off, by Hari Gautam (kp
14/01/2020)
KMC
divided over removing parking lot from Khula Manch
(ht 14/01/2020)
Govt
tells 18 fuel stations to relocate to safer spots
(rep 14/01/2020)
Pedestrians
have no space on narrow, overcrowded Okhaldhunga roads,
by Sher Bahadur Jero (rep 14/01/2020)
Six-lane
Birgunj-Pathlaiya road to be ready by mid-July
(rep 14/01/2020)
Over
four years since government decision to replace tuins,
they are still in use over Mahakali River: Tuins are
still in operation at seven places in Byas Rural
Municipality, by Manoj Badu (kp 13/01/2020)
A
year after handover of Kalanki-Koteshwor road, the
eight-lane expressway still lacks safety
infrastructure: Forty-five people have died and 769
others have been injured on the road in the past 19
months, by Anup Ojha (kp 10/01/2020)
Construction
of Madan Bhandari Highway via Chure worsens the
fragile zone, a report says: The 1200-km under
construction highway, which will traverse the Chure
range, fails to consider the region’s geology and
possible environmental damage, including serious
impacts on the ecology and people of Tarai, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 10/01/2020)
One
more thing the state has a problem with: truck poetry:
The Department of Transport Management has outlawed
the quirky verses on the backs of public vehicles,
saying they cause distractions and road accidents,
by Bhrikuti Rai (kp 06/01/2020), Truck
literature must survive—and thrive: The government
wants to scuttle voices that puncture its narrative of
'Prosperous Nepal, Happy Nepalis', by Dinesh Kafle
(kp 06/01/2020)
Safety
barriers helped reduce number of accidents on Karnali
Highway: Police data: The Road Sector Development
Project of the World Bank had helped the department to
construct road safety barriers as a pilot project,
by Tularam Pandey (kp 06/01/2020)
Traffic
police to constitute task force to monitor public
transport anomalies: Every day, personnel will be
deployed in plain clothes to monitor wrongdoings by
public vehicle operators, by Anup Ojha (kp
05/01/2020)
Heavy
snowfall disrupts road transportation (ht
05/01/2020), Snowfall
obstructs highway, scores of passengers stranded
(rep 05/01/2020)
A
village in Rukum (West) are bringing road connectivity
to their homes: The locals of Umakhola village are
opening a road track using traditional tools and
equipment, by Hari Gautam (03/01/2020)
Govt
decides to initiate second phase of Ring Road
expansion drive (ht 03/01/2020)
Four
persons die, four injured, one missing in Bajura jeep
plunge (ht 03/01/2020)
Department
of Roads gears up to initiate Butwal-Palpa tunnel
project: The planned 1.3-kilometre tunnel will have
double lanes with a width of 8.5 metres and a sidewalk,
by Prahlad Rijal (kp 02/01/2020)
Tokha-Rasuwagadi
road: Chinese technical team starts preliminary study
(hr 92/01/2020)
Locals
worry homes will be inundated due to expansion of
Ghinaghat-Biratchok road: The Province 1 government
has been expanding 22.7 km of the road into four lanes
with a design that doesn’t take into account the
locals living along the road, by Deo Narayan Sah
(kp 01/01/2020)
Under-construction
Madan Bhandari Highway draws flak, by Ujjwal
Satyal (ht 31/12/2019)
Four-lane
road in Gaighat near completion, by Maheshwar
Chamling Rai (rep 31/12/2019)
No
mercy to the roads: So let’s define carrying capacity,
by Shyam Sunder Kawan (ht 30/12/2019)
Shoddy
repair work causes potholes to reappear along
Nayabazar-Balaju road: Department of Roads claims more
than 60 percent of potholes in Kathmandu Valley have
been set right, by Anup Ojha (kp 27/12/2019)
Transport
department plans tougher driving licence tests: The
department is working with the traffic police division
to amend the existing law, by Anup Ojha (kp
26/12/2019), Procuring
driving licence could get tougher (ht 27/12/2019)
15,444
drivers, riders booked (ht 26/12/2019)
Construction
of Madan Bhandari Highway delayed due to dispute:
Residents of Salkot and Babiyachaur want the highway
to be constructed near their settlements, by Jyoti
Katuwal (kp 26/12/2019)
Over
70% drivers, conductors have high blood pressure:
Bajura police (rep 26/12/2019)
Uncertainty
in the construction of a bridge in Darchula: The
bridge, upon completion, would have connected Mahakali
Municipality to Dharchula in Pithoragarh, India,
by Manoj Badu (kp 24/12/2019)
Two
drivers arrested for unhealthy competition on road,
by Dhruba Dangal (rep 24/12/2019)
Pappu
gets permission to repair damaged Jabdighat bridge:
The 435-metre long bridge over the Babai river had
caved in even before it was handed over to the
government authorities., by Kamal Pnthi (kp
23/12/2019)
Construction
of strategic roads in Jajarkot going at a snail’s
pace: Despite the roads being only partially built,
the federal government had not allocated any budget to
the road projects in the current fiscal year, by
Bhim Bahadur Singh (kp 22/12/2019)
Private
cars drive taxis away from Bhaktapur: An estimated 400
private second-hand cars and vans are being operated
in Dudhpati, Bhaktapur Durbar Square, Kamalbinayak,
Thimi and Sallaghari, by Anup Ojha (kp 21/12/2019)
Mapping
of road accident black spots ordered (ht
21/12/2019)
Will
imposing odd-even vehicle rule reduce pollution? Two
lawyers think so.: Urban engineers say the formula may
not make a lot of difference and the state needs to
think of long-term solutions to air pollution, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 20/12/2019)
Syaubari-Dhunche-Syaphru
section of Pasang Lhamu Highway in dilapidated
condition: The road section, which was severely
damaged in the 2015 earthquakes, is riddled with
potholes every few metres, by Balaram Ghimire (kp
18/12/2019)
Army
hands over 30 km stretch of Kali Gandaki Corridor road
to govt (rep 18/12/2019)
Woman
dies after being hit by a car in the Capital: Police
arrest the driver and a second man, both of whom were
under the influence of alcohol, by Shuvam Dhungana
(kp 17/12/2019)
27,000
trees cut during fast track construction (ht
17/12/2019)
Dharan-Sindhuli-Hetauda
road project slows down: According to project
officials, around 75 percent of work along the
Dharan-Sindhuli-Hetauda road has been completed so far,
by Subash Bidari (kp 17/12/2019)
Continuous
snowfall disrupts Martadi-Kolti road stretch in Bajura
(ht 16/12/2019)
15
killed and 17 injured as passenger bus veers off a
road in Sindhupalchok: Overspeeding and rash driving
led to the accident, suspect police, by Anish
Tiwari (kp 16/12/2019), Tough
law needed: Road accidents can be minimised to some
extent provided the bus owners and drivers are held
accountable for the passengers’ safety (ht
17/12/2019)
Traffic
Division to train over 100,000 school students and
drivers on traffic rules: The division will launch a
new drive from December 17, mobilising 133 traffic
police personnel in all 44 units within Kathmandu
Valley, by Anup Ojha (kp 15/12/2019)
There
are roads in remote Dadeldhura, but none good enough
for operation: Almost all local units have been
building roads in the name of development, but
vehicles cannot operate in most because they are often
built without proper homework, by D.R. Pant (kp
15/12/2019)
Discipline
the drivers (rep 15/12/2019)
Bailey
bridge connects Khotang to eastern tarai (rep
15/12/2019)
Nepali
and Chinese officials stress road connectivity to
boost tourist arrivals from China: Nepal was able to
attract a meagre 0.1 percent out of the total Chinese
visiting abroad, by Prahlad Rijal ()kp 14/12/2019)
Govt
to resume installing embossed number plates (ht
14/12/2019)
'Pokhara
to get its first sky bridge by upcoming April',
bny Sandesh Shrestha (rep 14/12/2019)
Narayangadh-Muglin
road section to remain closed during noon (ht
12/12/2019)
DoTM
starts printing smart driving permit through ‘mass
printer’ (ht 12/12/2019), ‘Mass
printer’ dysfunctional in less than a week after its
launch (ht 14/12/2019), Transport
department starts printing of driving licenses, by
Sujita Pradhan (rep 16/12/2019)
Kathmandu
proposes its own 3.1 km cycle lane after Lalitpur:
Cyclists welcome City’s move, but say it’s waking up a
bit too late in the day, by Anup Ojha (kp
11/12/2019)
Chapter
of accidents: Heavy penalties are a must to strictly
enforce the traffic rules for the safety of both
passengers and pedestrians (ht 10/12/2019)
Dandapari,
a remote part of Kavre, connected with road network:
Road connectivity has brought comfort to the locals
who once had to walk for days to reach the nearest
market, by Nagendra Adhikari (kp 10/12/2019)
Nepal
Army scraps decision to select international
consulting firms for Kathmandu-Tarai expressway: An
internal probe finds evaluation criteria were leaked;
with new bidding, the completion deadline has been
pushed to May 2024, by Binod Ghimire (kp
10/12/2019)
Construction
of Narayangarh-Butwal road stalled (ht 10/12/2019)
Banke’s
Kohalpur tense after a truck hits a studentProtesters
set the vehicle on fire; police fire warning shots and
lob tear gas shells, by Madhu Shahi (kp
09/12/2019), Kohalpur
erupts for the second day after truck runs over girl:
Protesters defied prohibitory orders to stand up
against police brutality; authorities agree to a
six-point agreement, pledging compensation and
investigation, among others, by Madhu Shahi (kp
10/12/2019), Normalcy
restored, prohibitory order still stands (ht
10/12/2019), Local
admin to request govt for fair probe into Kohalpur
incident, by Arjun Oli (rep 10/12/2019), Prohibitory
order lifted in Kohalpur (ht 11/12/2019)
Battered
roads and chaotic traffic: Pedestrians, public
transportation, government vehicles, goods carriers
and private vehicles, in that order, should get
priority, by Shyam Sundar Kawan (kp 09/12/2019)
Design
for expansion of Muglin-Sisne Khola road nearing
completion: The 96-kilometre stretch will have crawler
lanes and fast lanes for slow and high-speed vehicles,
by Prahlad Rijal (kp 08/12/2019)
909
cabbies booked in a month for violating rules (ht
08/12/2019)
Residents
of Nuwakot elated with the construction of
Chhahare-Tokha tunnel: Nepal and China on October 13
had signed a memorandum of understanding under which
China will help build two stretches of the road
linking Kathmandu and Rasuwagadhi, by Krishna
Thapa (kp 6/12/2019)
PMO
forms rapid taskforce to address road problems (ht
06/2/2019)
Directive
to cover potholes: Yet another deja vu, by Jiba
Raj Pokharel (ht 05/12/2019)
Road
safety must be a priority to end needless deaths:
Making the streets safer for pedestrians and drivers
should be a major policy priority (kp 04/12/2019)
14
killed in Baglung jeep accident; 3 injured airlifted
to Kathmandu (ht 04/12/2019)
Ridesharing
apps solved out travel woes. But the government is not
convinced: The government should adapt to changing
times and accept app-based ridesharing services,
by Manish Raj Kharel (kp 01/12/2019)
Lalitpur
Metropolitan City inaugurates first bike lane in the
Valley: The city is working to promulgate New Cycle
Law 2020 to guarantee cycling is the safest mode of
transport in the metropolis, by Anup Ojha (kp
01/12/2019)
Gridlock
fears grip Valley residents as Kathmandu gears up for
South Asian Games: The organisers of the Games have
promised a mega show, but for many on the streets, the
event could end up being more of a hassle, by
Suman Malla (kp 01/12/2019)
Encroachment
along Chandranigahpur road section continues unabated:
The highway and sidewalks are still peppered with food
and vegetable stalls, by Shiva Puri (kp
01/12/2019)
After
public shaming, road authority warns contractors to
rush remaining work: Of the 17 road contracts awarded
under the second phase of line of credit, work has
only been completed on five projects, according to
officials, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 30/11/2019)
Construction
of 'Asia's longest suspension bridge' in final stage,
by Sangam Gharti Magar (rep 30/11/2019)
For
long-haul drivers, long hours on the road and no help
in case of accidents: Though stipulated by law,
injured drivers and the kin of the deceased rarely
receive any financial assistance from their employers
or the government, by Parbat Portel and Samuel
Chhetri (kp 29/11/2019)
19
dead after bus falls off a cliff in Arghakhanchi: A
dozen more were injured after the bus plunged 500
meters down the road, by Birendra KC (kp
28/11/2019)
Construction
of the Tinau corridor starts, but conservationists
decry the move: A total of Rs450 million has been
allocated for the corridor in the current fiscal year,
by Amrita Anmol (kp 26/11/2019)
Construction
of Postal Highway's Birgunj-Kalaiya-Bariyarpur stretch
picks up pace, by Upendra Yadav (rep 26/11/2019)
Legal
side of infrastructure: Is Nepal ready to tackle the
legal issues related to tunnels and underground
infrastructures?, by Bipin Adhikari and Bidushi
Adhikari (rep 26/11/2019)
Gokuleshwor-Khalanga
road still remains neglected: The construction of the
road stretch started under the Panchayat government.
However, the track is yet to be completed, by
Manoj Badu (kp 25/11/2019)
Police
yet to identify culprit in hit-and-run that claimed
doctor’s life (ht 25/11/2019), Baneshwor
hit-and-run suspect arrested (ht 27/11/2019)
Department
of Transport opens up avenue for e-taxis: New
guidelines will facilitate the operation of e-taxis,
which should be sedans with a 40-kilowatt motor and a
lithium-ion battery, by Anup Ojha (kp 24/11/2019)
Locals
of Susta using boats to cross Narayani River since
ages due to lack of bridge, by Rekha Bhusal (kp
24/11/2019)
All
roads in Birendranagar, the capital of Karnali
province, in poor condition: Most of the roads in the
city are unmotorable—causing inconvenience for
vehicles and pedestrians alike, by Chandani
Khatayat (kp 23/11/2019)
Triyuga-Gaighat
road to be upgraded within three months, by
Maheshwar Chamling Rai (rep 23/11/2019)
Locals
enraged over snail-paced road construction, by
Binod Subedi (rep 23/11/2019)
Government
issues a second notice asking to stop ride-sharing
services: Operators call it a ridiculous move, saying
the government is fearful of technology, by Anup
Ojha (kp 21/11/2019), The
government should encourage entrepreneurship and
innovation, not stifle it: Ride-sharing is here to
stay, and laws will make the operators more
responsible (kp 22/11/2019), Govt
steps up crackdown on Tootle, Pathao, by Umesh
Poudel (ht 25/11/2019), Govt
backs down over ride-sharing ban after public backlash,
by Sujeeta Pradhan (rep 27/11/2019)
Shopkeepers
of Chabahil halt vehicular movement (ht
21/11/2019) [Criminal neglect
by an incompetent government!]
Surkhet-Jumla
road section of Karnali Highway in dilapidated
condition: The road section was last paved in May
2012, and in just seven years, it is riddled with
potholes and cracks, by LP Devkota (kp 21/11/2019)
Biratnagar
locals protest delay in road construction (ht
20/11/2019)
Electric
vehicles likely to replace tempos, micro-buses (ht
19/11/2019)
Road
department bars subordinate bodies from preparing bid
package over Rs500 million: The move is aimed at
stopping collusion among builders and checking the
mobilisation cost, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
18/11/2019)
345
bikers detained in a single day (ht 18/11/2019)
Nepal’s
first, and forgotten, tunnel: 102 years later, the
country has finally understood the advantage of
highway tunnels to cut travel time, by Gopal
Gartaula (nt 15/11/2019)
For
elderly visitors to Swayambhunath, even crossing the
road is a hazard: Elderly worshippers, who visit
Swayambhu every day for the kora, fear that expansion
will only make the Ring Road section more dangerous,
by Anup Ojha (kp 15/11/2019)
Electricity
poles stand in the middle of the road in Sarlahi: The
notorious Pappu Construction is the contractor for the
project, and has used substandard materials for the
construction as well, say locals, by Om Prakash
Thakur (kp 15/11/2019)
Forest
ministry allows cutting 46,294 trees to expand
Butwal-Narayangadh section: The expansion work was on
hold over the issue of cutting trees, by Narayan
Sharma (kp 14/11/2019)
Birtamod–Bhadrapur
road project : 25 percent work finished, deadline two
months away, by Yubaraj Bibash (rep 14/11/2019)
Enraged
locals slam contractor for dilly-dallying in expanding
Bhaktapur-Nagarkot road, by Krishana KC (rep
14/11/2019)
Local
units in Jajarkot prioritise road construction over
other sectors: Genuine and sensitive issues are being
ignored because most local units equate development
with roads, by Bhim Bahadur Singh (kp 13/11/2019)
Babai
bridge damaged due to careless construction nearby:
The Bridge Division has been constructing a new
two-lane bridge alongside an old one to connect
Gulariya with the rest of the district, by Kamal
Panthi (kp 13/11/2019)
Lalitpur
Metropolitan City to start construction of 4.7 km
cycle lane from next week: Nepal Cycle Society
estimates there are over 150,000 cyclists in the
Valley, and it expects the numbers to go significantly
higher if more infrastructure are added, by Anup
Ojha (kp 12/11/2019), Lalitpur’s
plan to make the city cycle-friendly should be lauded:
But, as always, how the project is implemented is
important (kp 12/11/2019)
Dusty roads make life
difficult for the residents of Salyan: Though the
Division Road Office allocates millions of rupees for
road repair work every year, the roads in the district
are in dire conditions, by Biplab Maharjan (kp
12/11/2019)
Madan
Bhandari Highway: Gaighat Bazaar section to be
25-meter wide (rep 12/11/2019)
538
people died in 4,657 road accidents in the last three
and a half months (rep 10/11/2019)
Traffic
division gives 15-day ultimatum to truck drivers to
implement new rules: With seven killed and 146 injured
in the past three months, traffic police ask drivers
and owners to make necessary changes to the trucks’
bodies, by Anup Ojha (kp 10/11/2019)
Construction
of bridges bring respite to the locals in Province 5,
by Binod Ghimire (rep 10/11/2019)
Bridge
over Trishuli River in limbo (ht 10/11/2019)
Construction
of Pushpalal Mid-hill Highway hit (ht 10/11/2019),
Put
highway on track: Since the highway is to be the
lifeline of the mid-hills, the government must pay due
attention to its early completion (ht 11/11/2019)
Just
four months into repair, the Sindhuli section of the
BP Highway is already riddled with potholes: Immense
traffic, especially of heavy goods carriers, has taken
a toll on the recently repaired road, road authorities
say, by Raj Kumar Karki (kp 09/11/2019)
Locals
living around Urlabari-Rabi road section suffer from
health complications caused by dust pollution: The
road has been under construction for the last seven
years with no sign of completion, by Deo Narayan
Sah (kp 09/11/2019)
Traffic
police warn against reckless driving (ht
09/11/2019)
Road
expansion work along Butwal-Narayangadh begins:
Upgradation work has been delayed over the issue of
felling trees along the roadsides, by Narayan
Sharma (kp 07/11/2019)
Second
phase of Ring Road expansion from January (ht
06/11/2019)
Main
contractor out of contact, construction in limbo,
by Sarita Shrestha (rep 06/11/2019)
Blacktopping of
Diktel-Halesi road completed (rep 06/11/2019)
In
Myagdi, rural roads turn into “death zones” for
locals: A total of 100 people have been killed in
dozens of accidents in the district since 2008,
according to data provided by District Police Office,
by Ghanashyam Khadka (kp 05/11/2019)
Road
fatalities in Nepal: When will it end? (rep
05/11/2018)
At
least 17 people killed as bus falls into Sunkoshi
River in Sindhupalchok: Search and rescue operation
will be carried out throughout the night, say police,
by Anish Tiwari )kp 04/11/2019), Entire
Shailung rural municipality in mourning, by Ramesh
Khatiwada (rep 05/11/2019), Sonam
Tamang: The man who saved dozens of lives, by
Dhurba Dangal (rep 06/11/2019)
Construction
of Dharan-Chatara-Sindhuli-Hetauda road in final stage,
by Anil Bhandari (rep 05/11/2019)
Four
major motorable bridges in Dang completed before set
deadline: The bridges are between 200 metres and 860
metres long and the construction works have been
completed seven months to one year ahead of the
deadline, by Durgalal KC (kp 04/11/2019)
Upgradation
work along Okhaldhunga-Rumjatar finally gathers
momentum: Authorities say they will fine contractors
Rs 90,000 per day if they don't deliver on time,
by Kumbharaj Rai (kp 03/11/2019)
60pc
Midhill Highway in west sector completed, kp
03/11/2019)
Construction
of the Bahane-Syaulibang road started 21 years ago but
it’s still incomplete: Lack of enough budget,
misappropriation of funds, ineffective use of
allocated budget, disputes regarding road alignment
are the main causes behind the delay of the road
project, by Giru Prasad Bhandari (kp 02/11/2019)
Festive
season road accidents in Valley rising, traffic data
show: Traffic police says drink-driving and speeding
are main causes of road accidents, by Anup Ojha
(kp 01/11/2019)
Pokhara-Muglin
highway to be widened to four lanes: The $254 million
project is expected to be completed in 2025, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 01/11/2019)
Electric
lights to be installed along Belahiya-Butwal road,
by Mohammad Habib (rep 01/11/2019)
Local
units in Baglung prioritise constructing foot trails
to promote tourism: The local government aims to
promote the already-existing foot trails and explore
new ones keeping tourism in mind, by Prakash Baral
(kp 01/11/2019)
Nepal's
second longest bridge construction completes (ht
31/10/2019)
Traffic
division starts training programme for drivers from
Singha Durbar to cut down on traffic rule violations:
Traffic Police gives training to 35 drivers of Home
Ministry and would train other officers after Tihar,
by Anup Ojha (kp 28/10/2019)
Pantapara
villagers suffer for lack of bridge over the Biring
river: Villagers blame the construction company for
the delay in the bridge’s completion, by Arjun
Rajbanshi (kp 27/10/2019)
Department
of Transport Management: New mechanism to determine
public transport fare in offing (ht 26/10/2019)
Access
to road brings prosperity to a village in Surkhet,
by Nagendra Upadhyaya (rep 26/10/2019)
Construction
of bridge over Bhotikhola River starts (rep
26/10/2019)
Electric
vehicles are the future of mobility, but is Nepal
ready? Electric vehicles could combat air pollution
and reduce the country’s dependence on imported oil,
but there’s still room for more effective policies and
support infrastructure, by Tsering Ngodup Lama (kp
26/10/2019)
China
to upgrade dirt track that connects Tiptala Bhanjyang
and Olangchungola: The Chinese government has
allocated Rs 960 million for the upgradation of the
road in Taplejung, by Ananda Gautam (kp
23/10/2019)
Oli
inaugurates construction work of Nagdhunga tunnel: The
proposed tunnel will be 2.45 km long and have two
3.5-metre lanes, by Prahlad Rijal (kp 22/10/2019),
Construction
of Nagdhunga-Naubise tunnel road project commences
(ht 22/10/2019), Nagdhunga-Naubise
tunnel road to be completed in 42 months, by Muna
Sunuwar (rep 22/10/2019)
Smart
driving license backlog piles up as mass printer
remains unutilized, by Sujeeta Pradhan (rep
22/10/2019)
Sajha
e-bus procurement process put on hold over slow
progress: The cooperative transport company, however,
says it took time to set up a multi-stakeholder
committee and prepare bidding documents, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 21/10/2019), Purchase
of 300 electric buses halted (ht 21/10/2019), What's
holding up the buses? The procurement process should
be sped up, not stopped (22/10/2019), Govt
blocks purchase of 300 electric buses by Sajha over
specifications row, by Sagar Ghimire (rep
22/10/2019)
Mid-Hill
Highway section gets bogged down in confusing rule:
Since the criterion hasn't been published in the
gazette, old rule determining the margins is in
effect, officials say, by Prakash Baral (kp
21/10/2019)
Upgradation
of Naubise-Nagdhunga road completed, by Sarita
Shrestha (kp 19/10/2019), Nagdhunga-Naubise
tunnel: Construction to begin tomorrow (ht
20/10/2019)
Police
blame mushrooming party palaces with insufficient
parking for traffic woes: Division office writes to
city office and the district administration to set
criteria and monitor mushrooming banquet halls, by
Anup Ojha (kp 19/10/2019)
Second
phase of ring road expansion from Kalanki to
Maharajgung likely to start in the new year:
Department of Roads expects to clear road section of
trees and electric poles within the next two months,
by Anup Ojha (kp 18/10/2019)
Govt
to expand Thankot-Mugling road (ht 18/10/2019)
Tree
issue puts Butwal-Narayangadh road expansion on hold:
A fresh assessment before project’s launch showed the
number of trees to be cut at 50,352, up from 9,027,
by Ghanshyam Gautam (kp 17/10/2019)
Koshi
Corridor: New hopes for north-south highway, by
Rohit Rai (rep 17/10/2019)
Kandra
Bridge not built even in eight years, by Dil
Bahadur Chhatyal and Puspalal Joshi (rep 17/10/2019)
Road
department rejects the recommendation for load test on
Rs200 million bridge built by Pappu Construction in
Teku: The dispute between the department and the
contractor erupted after the department refused to
accept the bridge, terming the structure as
substandard, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
16/10/2019)
Passengers
rarely report taxi drivers for overcharging, traffic
police say: Most cabbies in Kathmandu refuse to go by
taximeters and set their own fares, by Shuvam
Dhungana (kp 16/10/2019)
Postal
highway upgradation drive creates more problems than
solutions: The Bariyar-Paterwa stretch in Bara, which
is currently under construction, has developed cracks
and fissures only days after the road was blacktopped,
by Laxmi Sah (kp 15/10/2019)
Nepal,
China sign MoU to develop 50-km road linking Kathmandu
and Rasuwagadi: The road, including two tunnels, will
reduce the distance to the town bordering China, but
with feasibility study yet to be done, construction is
at least three years away, by Prithivi Man
Shrestha (kp 14/10/2019)
Road
condition the major stumbling block for Lumbini’s
tourism year goal: The Buddha’s birthplace hasn’t seen
as many tourists as expected for the Lumbini Travel
Year 2076, owing to the sorry state of its roads,
by Amrita Anmol (kp 14/10/2019), The
government must undertake development activities for
its citizens: The problems road conditions are
creating for Lumbini’s tourism year goals cannot be
ignored (kp 15/10/2019)
Suspension
bridges help link Tehrathum villages with
headquarters: Every year, the District Coordination
Committee receives around 10 to 12 demands for
suspension bridges, by Chandra Karki (kp
14/10/2019)
Canopy
bridges installed to prevent deaths of Banke wildlife
on highways: Speeding and reckless driving through
sanctuaries continue to kill protected animals, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 14/10/2019)
Offices
under road department ignored instructions to invite
bids by mid-September: The instruction was issued to
drive road offices to hasten the tender process,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 13/10/2019)
Much
hype, little work to show: Rasuwagadhi border point
lies in a state of disrepair: While the Chinese side
of the border has received a major facelift, that of
Nepal remains in a sorry state, by Balaram Ghimire
(kp 12/10/2019)
Delay
in upgradation affects vehicular movement on
Nagma-Gamgadhi road, by Dhan Bahadur Budha (rep
12/10/2019)
Transmission
line affects work of 6-lane road, by Yogesh Rawal
(rep 12/10/2019)
11
killed and dozens injured in Sindhupalchok bus
accident: Five persons died on the spot, one on the
way to the hospital and five others at Dhulikhel
hospital, according to police, by Anish Tiwari (kp
11/10/2019), Bus
carrying over 100 falls killing 11, injuring 99
(rep 12/011/2019)
38
injured as passenger bus crashes into tree in Chitwan
(rep 09/10/2019)
Consumer
rights group supports traffic police’s action to book
drunk drivers: In the past one week, 1,305 drunk
drivers have been booked in Kathmandu Valley, by
Anup Ojha (kp 06/10/2019)
Road
upgradation work along Lamosanghu-Jiri left incomplete
for four years: Thousands of passengers travelling
home for Dashain celebrations are hit hardest by the
dilapidated road, by Rajendra Manandhar (kp
06/10/2019)
Birendranagar
aims to be the country’s first ‘cycle city’: A
Detailed Project Report (DPR) to construct bicycle-
and pedestrian-friendly roads in the city is already
underway, by Jyoti Katuwal (kp 05/10/2019), Pedalling
good health: Birendranagar is all geared up to turn
into a cycling city by 2025—and that's good news
(kp 11/10/2019)
Traffic
police issue tickets to 1,121 drunk drivers over the
past five days: Police have stepped up crackdown on
drink driving in view of the festival, by Anup
Ojha (kp 04/10/2019)
Local
units taking initiatives to repair damaged roads:
Landslides have damaged around 3,000 km dirt road this
monsoon, authorities say, by Tika Prasad Bhatta
(kp 04/10/2019)
Euro
VI standard fuel in local market from April (ht
04/10/2019)
Slushy
roads hassling travellers (ht 02/10/2019)
Blocked
Diktel-Hilesi road reopened after 14 hrs (rep
02/10/2019)
Bus
plunges into river, two killed, by Dinesh Subedi
(rep 01/10/2019)
Traffic
snarls choke Nagdhunga-Naubise road, but alternative
routes are not ready: There is an immediate need to
find a solution to congestion along the main gateway
to Kathmandu, officials say, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 30/09/2019), Police:
Traffic congestion along Naubise-Nagdhunga road eases,
by Aditi Baral (rep 30/09/2019), Vehicular
movement along Naubise-Nagdhunga road eases: The
Dhading District Police Office has imposed a ban on
the movement of heavy vehicles on the road during
Dashain festival, by Harihar Singh Rathour (kp
01/10/2019), Dysfunctional
system of governance: The long snake-like traffic jam
in Naubise-Nagdhunga aptly depicts the incompetence of
the state authorities, by Achyut Wagle (kp
01/10/2019)
Birgunj-Thori
stretch of the postal road project sees little
progress: The Birgunj-Thori stretch is being handled
by AMR Pappu ConTech Joint Venture at a total cost of
Rs 2.12 billion, by Bhusan Yadav (kp 30/09/2019)
Molung
Khola bridge construction delayed by over four years:
The Infrastructure Development Office has asked the
contractor company to present a written work procedure
within a week, by Kumbharaj Rai (kp 30/09/2019)
Manthali
municipality penalises street vendors and shop owners:
On Friday, the municipal office confiscated goods that
were displayed in public space for sale, by Tika
Prasad Bhatta (kp 30/09/2019)
Traffic
police have a difficult job, but many drivers say they
could be a bit friendlier: The traffic police are
woefully under-equipped to deal with the city’s
chaotic traffic and this can lead to accidents,
injuries and even deaths of personnel, by Sneha
Dahal (kp 29/09/2019)
Disputes
in construction of Mid Hill Highway in Lamjung: Over
800 households will be affected if the Mid Hill
Highway project comes through in Sundarbazaar, by
Aash Gurung (kp 29/09/2019)
Upgradation
of Syaphrubesi-Rasuwagadhi road section starts: Around
16km road will be upgraded to a two-lane, all-weather
highway, by Balaram Ghimire (kp 29/09/2019)
DoTM
bans heavy-duty vehicles from entering or leaving
valley (ht 28/09/2019)
Technical
difficulties in mass printer delay smart licence
printing: There are around 7,000 new applicants every
day but only 1,500 cards are being printed currently,
by Shuvam Dhungana (kp28/09/2019)
Traffic
police book 600 people for traffic rule violation and
ticket scalping: The Metropolitan Traffic Division has
adopted special surveillance measures to discourage
frauds who have longe been fleecing the festival
passengers, by Anup Ojha (kp 28/09/2019)
Team
sent to inspect delay in upgradation work of the
Beni-Jomsom-Korala road: The project’s careless
implementation has put settlements along the
Kaligandaki river at landslide risks, by
Ghanashyam Khadka (kp 27/09/2019)
Why
are there so many road accidents during Dashain?
Speed, overload, fatigued drivers and poorly
maintained vehicles lead to crashes in the festival
travel rush, authorities say, by Dipesh Khatiwada
(kp 26/09/2019)
Dashain
passengers demand online ticket booking service.
Transport operators tell them to wait until next
festival season: Naya Bus Park counters sell around
33,000 tickets in three days, by Anup Ojha (kp
25/09/2019)
Tatopani
border closed after Nyalam-Ramite road section caves
in: Revenue worth Rs66.9 million was collected at the
border point in the first two months of this fiscal
year, the customs office of Tatopani Dry Port says,
by Anish Tiwari (kp 25/09/2019)
Six
killed, 23 injured in separate road accidents (ht
25/09/2019)
Vehicular
movement along Pasang Lhamu Highway halted for 10
days: Hundreds of containers carrying goods from China
lie stranded on the road, by Balaram Ghimire (kp
22/09/2019)
Makwanpur
being a Tuin-free district by the end of the current
fiscal: Eighteen suspension bridges are being
constructed in eight local units of Makwanpur in the
fiscal year 2019/20, by Pratap Bista (kp
20/09/2019)
Why
are Kathmandu’s traffic jams notorious? Kathmandu
Valley has seen a steady rise in the number of
vehicles even as effective measures of traffic
management are lacking, by Anup Ojha (kp
19/09/2019)
Poor
condition of Beni-Jomsom road affects pilgrims to
Kagbeni in Mustang: Upgradation of the road is going
at a snail’s pace, which is affecting hundreds daily,
by Ghan shyam Khadka (kp 19/09/2019)
Revival
of road project to Everest region will transform
travel and local economy, officials say: Many hope
that the motorable road will put an end to complete
reliance on flights for travel to and from one of the
most popular destinations in the country, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 18/09/2019)
Public
vehicles on the Mid-hill Highway charging exorbitant
fares: Passengers are forced to pay anywhere between
Rs600 and Rs700 one- way tickets, far exceeding the
fare ceiling fixed by the Department of Transport for
highway buses, by Prakash Baral (kp 18/09/2019)
Lakhs
deprived of smart driving licence (ht 18/09/2019),
Look
smart, DoTM: Whatever the reason, having
service-seekers wait for years for a smart driving
license is simply frustrating (ht 19/09/2019)
Landslides
block Sanphe-Martadi road section (ht 17/09/2019)
The
city deploys broomers to clean the streets every day.
The tipper trucks mess them up overnight: Large-scale
construction projects in the Capital have seen
hundreds of trucks entering Kathmandu during the
night, leaving a dusty mess behind, by Anup Ojha
(kp 17/09/2019)
Bhuri
Gaun-Telpani road being upgraded for the first time
since it was built: Once the road comes into
operation, it is expected to work as a lifeline for
the residents of Sudurpaschim and Karnali provinces,
by Thakur Singh Tharu (kp 17/09/2019)
Fate
of 600 road projects hangs in balance as provinces are
reluctant to own them: Handing over of these projects,
previously under the federal government, has stalled
for more than a year, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
15/09/2019)
Multiple
landslides along Tansen-Butwal section leave
passengers in hardship: Residents have for long
complained that the authorities concerned have not
taken concrete initiatives to resolve the landslide
problem in the area sustainably, by Madhab Aryal
(kp 15/09/2019)
Pasang
Lhamu Highway obstructed following landslide: Locals,
tourists and pilgrims going to Kailash Mansarovar have
been affected by the road blockage, by Balaram
Ghimire (kp 13/09/2019)
NEA
to install 50 electric vehicle charging stations,
by Supriya Sharma (rep 13/09/2019)
Where
have all the chautaris gone? As chautaris disappear
and locals voice concerns, Bharatpur Metropolis pushes
forward the idea of building ‘smart’, by Pramita
Dhakal (kp 12/09/2019)
Locals
elated after road cut through cliff edge, by Mohan
Gurung (rep 12/09/2019)
New
traffic chief vows to reduce Valley’s traffic
problems: SSP Bhim Prasad Dhakal unveils a work plan
that revolves on the themes of engineering, education
and enforcement, by Anup Ojha (kp 11/09/2019)
Bajhenchyan
Danda-Diktel road section sees damage even before work
completion: The contractor company says road
infrastructures have been damaged due to heavy
rainfall during the monsoon, by Dambar Singh Rai
(kp 11/09/2019)
Electric
buses to start operation in Valley today (ht
09/09/2019), As
private sector introduces e-buses, experts say onus to
promote green vehicles lies on government: Financial
support to meet upfront investment, more charging
stations and mechanisms to make them profitable are
must to make green efforts sustainable, by Chandan
Kumar Mandal (kp 10/09/2019)
Transport
Department says 200 buses will be added for Dashain:
Metropolitan Traffic Police Division estimates that
this year over three million people are set to leave
the valley, for which 9,000 buses are needed every day
to carry passengers, by Anup Ojha (kp 07/09/2019)
Passengers
suffer as 5 bridges remain incomplete, by
Madhusudan Guragain (rep 07/09/2019)
Tinkar
road section obstructed due to multiple landslides:
Vehicular movement has come to a halt, leaving the
locals of Duhu and Byas to risk their lives by walking
through the landslide-prone Tinkar road, by Manoj
Badu (kp 06/09/2019)
Govt
fixes temporary fare for public EVs (ht
05/09/2019)
Transport
management office and traffic police to install 14
help desks for Dashain: The move is aimed at helping
people travelling to their hometowns during the
festival, by Anup Ojha (kp 04/09/2019)
Rs
720m goes down the drain in the name of road building
in Salyan district: A total of 500 roads have been
built in the area, but locals say the roads serve no
purpose in elevating their lives, by Biplav
Maharjan (kp 04/09/2019)
Bridges
along the East-West Highway in dilapidated condition:
The Nawalparasi stretch is one of the busiest sections
of the East-West Highway. According to the district
traffic police office, more than 1,200 vehicles use
the road daily, by Nabin Paudel (kp 04/09/2019)
Haphazard
road construction destroys lives, livelihoods in rural
districts, by Dil Bahadur Chhatyal, Jagat Khadka
and Bira Gadal (rep 03/09/2019)
Food
prices shoot up in Kanchenjunga area as
Topethok-Ranipul road gets obstructed: With no
vehicles to import goods, the local grocers and
hoteliers have hired porters and Chauri to carry the
load, by Ananda Gautam (kp 03/09/2019)
The
road to disaster: Dozer use causing landslides, by
Dane Carlson (ht 03/092019)
Road
department turns in yet another dismal results:
Officials, however, claim progress in bridge
construction the most impressive with completion of
250 structures in the last fiscal year, by Prithvi
Man Shrestha (kp 01/09/2019)
Vehicle
parking banned along Ring Road (ht 01/09/2019)
Rainwater
destroys road link to Manthali (ht 01/09/2019)
Govt
prepares to open bid for roads to Lamabagar border,
by Ramesh Khatiwada (rep 01/09/209)
Frequent
landslides obstruct Surkhet-Jumla road: Landslides
along the road section have blocked the highway for 23
days within the last five months, by Tularam
Pandey (kp 01/09/2019)
Postal
Highway still incomplete, people in Tarai disappointed
(rep 31/08/2019)
Budhiganga
River in Bajura a perennial threat to locals: Even
though Tribeni Municipality recently banned people
from using the bridge, locals continue to use it,
by Sangeeta Timilsena (kp 31/08/2019)
Koteshwor’s
traffic jam is a nightmare for commuters. For hawkers,
it’s a boon to their business: Dozens of roadside wait
for vehicles to come to a halt and linger for minutes
so that they can earn their living, by Anup Ojha
(kp 30/08/2019), Make
Kalanki-Maharajgunj stretch of Ring Road
public-centric and environment-friendly, activists
demand
Campaigners oppose the road department’s plan to cut
over 2,000 trees along the stretch, by Chandan
Kumar Mandal (kp 30/08/2019)
Most
rural roads in Baglung are swept away by landslides
during monsoon: Repair works start in the winter
season only to be severely damaged in the monsoons,
by Prakash Baral (kp 30/08/2019)
Government
extends Kathmandu-Tarai expressway deadline to 2024:
Nepal Army, which is in charge of the national pride
project, hints at use force if there is trouble in
land acquisition in Khokana area, by Binod Ghimire
(kp 29/08/2019), Army
aims to complete expressway in 3.5 years: New DPR
pushes cost by Rs 63 billion (rep 29/08/2019)
What
comes first—electric cars or charging stations?:
Without a sizeable mass of EVs on the road, operators
may not be ready to invest in putting up charging
stations across the country, by Prahlad Rijal (kp
28/08/2019), Nepal
unplugged: Electric vehicle adoption will stagnate
unless there are ample charging stations (kp
29/08/2019)
Govt
to build 200 charging stations across country (ht
27/08/2019)
Transport
Management Department brings in new machine to meet
service seekers’ demands: The new printer has the
capacity to print around 10,000 smart licenses in a
day and will print all pending licences with two
months, say authorities, by Shuvam Dhungana
(kp 27/08/2019)
Remote
rural municipality in Sankhuwasabha connected with
road network: The rural municipality prioritised the
project soon after the people’s representatives were
elected in 2017, by Dipendra Shakya (kp
25/08/2019)
Overworked
drivers the main cause behind increasing road
accidents: Even though the buses seem to be
technically driven by two individuals, there is only
one driver, authorities say, by Harihar Singh
Rathore (kp 25/08/2019)
Traffic
police buy 36 new breathalysers to keep tabs on drunk
drivers: The new machines will be helpful in checking
drunk driving which is a major cause of road
accidents, traffic police say, by Anup Ojha (kp
24/08/2019)
439
face suspension of licences for drink-driving (ht
24/08/2019)
Damaged
by floods and landslides, Kanti Highway’s deadline
pushed further, project officials say: The monsoon has
brought about more than 100 landslides on the highway,
causing road sections to cave in at 15 spots, by
Pratap Bista (kp 24/08/2019)
Budget
for road project released before work completion: The
road upgradation project is still ongoing, locals say,
by Manoj Paudel (kp 24/08/2019)
Has
the ‘Pick and Drop’ drive really eased city’s traffic?
Many say the rule has indeed systematised public
transportation in the Capital’s core areas, which has
led to less traffic jams, by Shuvam Dhungana (kp
23/08/2019)
Bridge
construction started with investment of Rs 61.35m in
Bhojpur (ht 23/08/2019)
Three
killed in jeep accident (rep 23/08/2019)
Ring
Road Improvement Project to axe over 2,000 trees from
Kalanki to Maharajgunj: Officials say the move is part
of a drive to widen the road from three lanes to eight
lanes, by Anup Ojha (kp 22/08/2019)
Locals
of Bramadev in Kanchanpur demand early opening of
Tanakpur bridge: The locals of Bramadev submitted a
memorandum to Gahatodi to take initiatives to open the
Tanakpur border point soon, by Bhawani Bhatta (kp
22/08/2019)
Kathmandu-Tarai
Fast Track DPR okayed: Estimated cost of the project
raised to Rs 175.19 billion ; Total length reduced by
3.7 km to 72.5 km; Nepali Army to construct 17-km
stretch on its own, by Umesh Poudel (ht
22/08/2019)
Karnali
govt launches campaign to replace tuins with
suspension bridges, by Ganesh Bishu (rep
20/08/2019)
Upgradation
of Syaphrubesi-Rasuwagadhi road section to begin in
October: Eighty-two houses along the road section will
have to be demolished, and 323 utility poles removed
from the road area, officials say, by Balaram
Ghimire (kp 19/08/2019)
Almost
all Kathmandu Valley road expansion contracts likely
to face termination in less than a year: Right of way
is not clear in most of the projects as the final
deadline for completing works approaches near, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 18/08/2019)
Traffic
police take action against 7,089 reckless drivers
(ht 18/08/2019)
Rs
2.61 billion budget approved to upgrade
Mailung-Syafrubesi road, by Himnath Devkota (rep
18/08/2018)
Construction
work on Rayal-Thing road segment puts locals at
unease: Villagers remain wary and question the
sustainability of these infrastructural development
projects, by Basanta Pratap Singh (kp 17/08/2019)
Flood
sweeps away bridges leading to Phoksundo Lake, by
Bishnu Prasad Devkota (rep 17/08/2019)
Rural
roads make Karnali highway too risky, by DB Budha
(rep 17/08/2019)
Two
dead, three injured in separate accidents in Tanahun
(ht 16/08/2019)
City
office and traffic police raise millions in fines as
parking problem continues to grow: Kathmandu
Metropolitan City has designated 80 areas as parking
lots, but hardly a dozen serve as parking spaces,
by Anup Ojha (kp 15/08/2019)
Bridge
over Arunkhola caves in, vehicles banned (ht
15/08/2019)
Under-construction
Birgunj-Pathlaiya trade road starts peeling off
(ht 15/08/2019)
Under-construction
bridge collapses in Saptari (ht 14/08/2019)
Floods
damage Sanphe-Martadi road (ht 13/08/2019)
Four
years since signing, a crucial transit agreement sees
no progress: Nepal, Bangladesh and India have not been
able to move forward on a cross-border motor vehicles
agreement after Bhutan pulled out two years ago,
by Rajesh Khanal (kp 12/08/2019)
Galchhi-Rasuwagadhi
road widening project begins: The government recently
started the upgradation work of Galchhi-Rasuwagadhi
road section, by Krishna Thapa (kp 12/08/2019)
Engineering
study must before opening road tracks (ht
12/08/2019)
Cases
of valuable missing in taxis on the rise (ht
11/01/2019)
Two-driver
rule in long-route buses ineffective, by Ujjwal
Satyal (ht 11/08/2019)
Six
killed, 23 missing after a passenger bus plunged into
Trishuli: The bus was travelling from Malangwa, the
headquarters of Sarlahi district to Kathmandu, by
Harihar Singh Rathour (kp 10/08/2019), Death
toll in bus accident reaches 8 (ht 11/08/2019)
Insurance
for road accident victims to double to Rs1 million:
Auto accidents killed 11,005 people across the country
in the last five years, by Rajesh Khanal (kp
10/08/2019)
Metropolitan
Traffic Police Division booked 12,749 taxi drivers in
the last fiscal year: Traffic police say social media
has hugely helped in taking action against errant
cabbies, by Anup Ojha (kp 08/08/2019)
Vehicular
movement to take around two weeks to resume on the
Mid-Hill Highway, authorities say: The highway remains
obstructed after rain-swollen Badigad stream swept
away a road section on Sunday, by Prakash Baral
(kp 08/08/2019)
Upgradation
work of Beni-Jomsom-Korala road at snail’s pace: Road
project accuse concerned authorities of not extending
help to complete upgradation works, by Ghanashyam
Khadka (kp 07/08/2019)
Locals hard put with
landslide-damaged roads yet to come into operation
(ht 06/08/2019)
Khairenighat
gets a motorable bridge after 11 years, by Anil
Bhandari (rep 06/08/2019)
Pushed
to the curb, Kathmandu’s rickshaw pullers are the last
of a dying profession: Confined to a small area inside
Kathmandu Valley due to traffic congestion, these
rickshaw pullers barely make enough to get by, by
Samuel Chhetri (kp 05/08/2019)
Cracks
appear on recently asphalted Bramhamadev road:
Officials blame MK Niraj and Road and Lama Rajendra JV
for doing the shoddy job, by Bhawani Bhatta (kp
05/08/2019)
Traffic
congestion getting worse, by Ujjwal Satyal (ht
05/08/2019)
Lingering
delay in bridge completion continues to put lives at
risk: Around 150 people use makeshift rafts and boats
to cross the Lalbakaiya River every day, by Shiva
Puri (kp 05/08/2019)
Newly
opened roads harm community forests in Darchula:
Locals blame forest users groups for not doing
anything to stop haphazard construction, by Manoj
Badu (kp 04/08/2019)
Public
transportation problems: Valley's denizens continue to
face problems as authoritieshave failed to come up
with any clear plans regarding public transportation
sector (ht 04/08/2019)
Workers
of Beni-Jomsom road project padlock site office in
protest over wage arrears: The contractor of the 20-km
road project has not paid workers’ wages for the past
five months, by Ghanashyam Khadka (kp 02/08/2019)
Road
causing inconvenience to Martadi people (ht
02/08/2019)
Locals
risk their lives to cross rain-swollen Mahakali river:
Villagers have to cross the river as they rely heavily
on Indian markets across the border for everyday
commodities, by Manoj Badu (kp 01/08/2019)
Pappu
told to dismantle, rebuild Tinkune Arch Bridge (ht
01/08/2019)
Haphazardly
constructed rural roads become a bane for Dhading
residents, by Sarita Shrestha (rep 31/07/2019)
Blacktopping
of 30-km long road stretch in Barpak left midway,
by Narahari Sapkota (rep 31/07/2019)
Arch
bridge in Muglin opens for trial after three years of
construction: The country’s first two-lane arch bridge
is already being used by over 20,000 vehicles that use
the Anbu Khaireni road every day, by Anup Ojha (kp
31/07/2019)
Delay
in bridge installation restricts Manang locals’
mobility (ht 31/07/2019)
Road
crashes are not accidents: They can be prevented by
treating and addressing the underlying causes in
advance, by Prem Sharma Lamsal (kp 31/07/2019)
Absence
of motorable bridge over Seti river create
difficulties for villagers: Patients have to be
carried on stretchers or in bamboo baskets to reach
District Hospital in Chainpur, by Basanta Pratap
Singh (kp 30/07/2019)
Stretches
of flood-damaged postal highway yet to be repaired:
Thousands of locals affected due to transportation
disruption along the highway, by Om Prakash Thakur
(kp 28/07/2019), Flood
damages five kilometres of Postal Highway, by
Prabhat Kumar Jha (ht 29/07/2019)
Khadichaur-Charikot
road closed for three consecutive days (ht
28/07/2019)
Road
accidents claim 223 lives in Sudur Pashchim last year
(rep 27/07/2019)
Donor
gives the green light to appoint a contractor for
Nagdhunga Tunnel Project: The project office and
locals of Dhunibesi yet to agree on land compensation
amount, by Prahlad Rijal (kp 25/07/2019)
Blacktopping
of Arniko Highway section wears off within a year,
by Ramesh Khatiwada (rep 25/07/2019)
Truck
operators withdraw protest: Govt forms a nine-member
task force to study VCTS, route permit, among other
issues (rep 24/07/2019)
Koshi
Highway resumes after eight hours (ht 23/07/2019)
Contractors
urged to manage traffic congestion (ht 23/07/2019)
Road
disruption causes daily commodities crunch in hills
(ht 23/07/2019)
Local
units giving priority to road projects, but
compromising their quality, by Sarita Shrestha
(rep 22/07/2019)
Recovery
of roads and bridges damaged by floods and landslides
to cost Rs220 million: Experts say haphazard
construction without proper study lead aggravates
damage to infrastructure, by Prithvi Man Shrestha
(kp 22/07/2019)
Tree
guards and fresh saplings rekindle hope for
Kalanki-Koteshwor road greenery project: Lalitpur
mayor offers Rs 6 million—a budget allocated to buy
him car—to purchase two tankers to water the saplings,
by Anup Ojha (kp 22/07/2019)
Jeep
plunge in Bajura claims two, leaves 12 injured (ht
20/07/2019)
Under-construction
Bagmati bridge in limbo again, by Madan Thakur
(rep 20/07/2019)
Transport
bodies transform into companies (ht 20/07/2019)
Government
recommends new provisions for ride-sharing sector:
Ride-sharing companies urge the government to hold
dialogue in order to bring proper provision and set
proper criteria, by Nayak Paudel (kp 19/07/2019)
A
day with the only female driver of Sajha Yatayat: Many
appreciate Harmita Shrestha’s work, calling it a step
ahead for women empowerment, but in a ‘man’s world’
days aren’t always that easy, she says, by Anup
Ojha (kp 18/07/2019)
Nagdhunga
Tunnel project’s launch delayed again: The project
envisages boring a tunnel through the western hills
and eliminating many switchbacks on the main highway
leading out of Kathmandu, by Prahlad Rijal (kp
18/07/2019)
Govt
enforces online consignment tracking system: Private
sector leaders skeptical about effective
implementation (rep 18/07/2019), Tarai
industrialists join protest against VCTS (ht
22/07/2019)
Govt
directs Pappu Construction to rebuild parts of
Teku bridge (ht 18/07/2019)
Contractor
of Madi bridge to get second deadline extension,
by Santosh Pokharel (rep 18/07/2019)
Haphazard
road construction triggers landslide in Bajhang,
by Basanta Pratap Singh (kp 17/07/2019)
After
widespread criticism, smart parking fees revised in
New Road: The new charge for two-wheelers is Rs 15 for
up to 30 minutes, and Rs 25 for an hour; for
four-wheelers, it is Rs 50 for 30 minutes and Rs
80 for an hour., by Anup Ojha (kp 16/07/2019)
Haphazard
road construction irks Rukum residents, by
Lokendra Khanal (rep 16/07/2019)
Road
construction works in Baglung lack in quality: Poor
monitoring and evaluation is blamed for inferior work,
by Prakash Baral (kp 15/07/2019)
Blacktopped
road damaged within a month of construction (rep
15/07/2019)
Road
accidents claimed 121 wild animals in 2017-2018
(ht 14/07/2019)
Construction
of Thankot - Naubise tunnel road to begin in October,
by Himal Lamsal (rep 14/07/2019)
11
years on, road project still incomplete in Baglung:
Rural municipality aims to enlist it as a ‘pride
project’, by Prakash Baral (kp 13/07/2019)
Local
levels building perilous roads‘: What’s the point of
building such roads that lead to hell?’, by Umesh
Poudel (ht 12/07/2019)
Passengers
along Besisahar-Chame stretch face problems
(ht 12/07/2019)
Much-needed
tourist bus park stuck in limbo, by Nikeeta Gautam
(rep 12/07/2019)
Road
expansion project seeks ministry’s decision to resume
work or abandon it: Project authorities say it’s been
three months since they sent a request, but the
ministry has not responded yet, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 11/07/2019)
Province
1 fails to effectively implement ban on old vehicles:
Most older vehicles are in operation in hill districts
where the presence of traffic police is little to none,
by Sumnima Chamling (kp 11/07/2019)
Why
we need night bus service: Government needs to
implement 24-hours bus service program immediately in
Kathmandu. Later this service can be expanded to other
urban cities like Pokhara and Biratnagar, by
Ashish Gajurel (rep 11/07/2019)
A
Sarlahi village suffers in lack of a bridge, by
Mithilesh Yadav (11/07/2019)
Three
killed, 16 injured in bus plunge (ht 11/07/2019)
PM
wary about estimated cost of fast track project
(ht 11/07/2019), Cut
cost of expressway: While the cost of the fast track
should be cut as much as possible, the govt should
also approve its DPR without further delay (ht
12/07/2019)
Traffic
police hotline 103 gets thousands of complaints every
day: The toll-free line that started in 2006 receives
complaints relating to daily inconveniences faced by
people in public transportation, by Anup Ojha (kp
10/07/2019)
The
construction of Expressway puts settlements at risk,
locals say, by Subash Bidari (kp 10/07/2019)
Eight
years on, bridge construction in limbo (ht
10/07/2019)
Reducing
road fatalities: Road traffic fatalities and injuries
can be prevented but it requires sustained commitment,
effective intervention and determined actions from the
government, by Som Nath Ghimire (rep 10/07/2019)
Heavy
vehicles stranded as diversion swept away (ht
09/07/2019)
Corruption
in road project: Main contractor sub-contracts road
project for half the cost, by Suman Malla (rep
09/07/2019)
617,252
yet to receive smart license cards (rep
09/07/2019)
Rural
roads being blacktopped, by Giriraj Baskota (rep
09/07/2019)
Enraged
locals protest sluggish work at Jaleshwore-Janakpur
road section, by Rabindra Upreti (kp 07/07/2019)
Saplings
along Kalanki-Koteshwor road are dying for lack of
care: Officials blame the metropolis and the road
department for failing to protect the plants, by
Anup Ojha (kp 05/07/2019)
Road
stretch opened through the fields prepared for paddy
plantation: Bulldozers used for the construction also
destroy water supply mains and over 100 ropanis of
paddy fields, by Basanta Pratap Singh (kp
05/07/2019)
Three
killed, five injured in Arghakhanchi jeep plunge
(ht 05/07/2019)
‘Highway
from Delhi to Nepal-China border to pass through
Saptari’ (ht 04/07/2019)
Reckless
driving blamed for rising road accidents in the valley
(ht 03/07/2019)
Rs
450million handed over to Sajha Yatayat to purchase
electric buses: Province 3 government announces plan
to operate electric buses in Kathmandu within the next
10 months, by Anup Ojha (kp 02/07/2019)
Manthali-Khurkot
road in sorry state (ht 02/07/2019)
Ferry
service to operate in Karnali River (ht
02/07/2019)
233
persons died in road accidents this fiscal in
Gandaki (ht 02/07/2019)
2
killed, 25 injured in Dhading bus-vans collision,
by Sarita Shrestha (rep 01/07/2019)
Corridors
opened to ease traffic congestion are turning into
illegal parking spots: Hundreds of vehicles are parked
along the corridor underpasses at Balkumari, Bhatkeko
Pul, New Buspark, Gopi Krishna, Setopul and
Hanumansthan, by Nayak Paudel (kp 01/07/2019)
Highway
prone to blockage due to ‘illegal’ sand mines, by
Sarita Shrestha (rep 30/06/2019)
Faulty
design halts construction of bridges, by Mukti
Prasad Nyaupane (rep 30/06/2019)
Keeping
a check on daytime drunk driving difficult, say
traffic police: As per the traffic police, excessive
vehicular movement, lack of enough human resources and
equipment are the major obstacles, by Nayak Paudel
(kp 30/06/2019)
A
matter of life and death: A road safety audit of the
Kalanki-Koteshwor Road should have been conducted
before, not after, it was opened to traffic, by
Premsharma Lamsal (kp 30/06/2019)
Kathmandu
Metropolitan City floats plan to hike parking fees:
Presenting the financial bill on Tuesday, Mayor Bidya
Sundar Shakya proposed charging Rs 25 per hour for
two-wheelers and Rs80 for two-wheelers in the
city’s core areas, by Anup Ojha (kp 29/06/2019), Kathmandu
residents appreciate ‘smart parking’ in New Road, but
complain of higher costs: The cost of Rs 25 per hour
for parking two-wheelers and Rs 80 for four-wheelers
is just too high, drivers say, by Anup Ojha (kp
01/07/2019), No
parking: Mobile app will not provide sustainable
solution to the city’s parking woes (kp
02/07/2019)
Bajhang
district impounds bulldozers used illegally on road
projects: Bajhang DAO has instructed local units to
stop using dozers without conducting a
feasibility study, design estimate and ensuring
quality Environmental Impact Assessment, by
Basanta Pratap Singh (kp 27/06/2019)
‘Government
committed to promoting e-vehicles’ (ht 27/06/2019)
3
students killed, 4 injured in tractor accident, by
Khamma Khatri (rep 27/06/2019)
Jumla's
risky and exploitative public transport system, by
DB Budha (rep 26/06/2019)
New
Road area 'smart parking' gets mixed response, by
Aditi Baral (rep 26/06/2019)
940
booked for speeding on Koteshwar-Kalanki run (rep
25/06/2019)
Over
41k offenders booked for honking in Valley since
mid-April 2017, by Sujeeta Pradhan (rep
25/06/2019)
Lawmakers
doubt timely completion of fast-track (ht
25/06/2019)
Bitumen
shortage hits blacktopping of roads across the
country: Birgunj Customs Office bars three
consignments of bitumen for possible abuse of South
Asia Free Trade Area rules, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 24/06/2019)
Kalanki-Nagdhunga
road expansion nears completion: Cost to drop 15
percent due to reduced work for contractors, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 24/06/2019)
Landslip-prone
spots along Muglin road stretch remain unattended,
by Ramesh Kumar Poudel (kp 24/06/2019)
Galchhi-Rasuwagadhi
road project officials complain of harassment over
land compensation, by Krishna Thapa (kp
24/06/2019)
Irate
Thali locals force mayor to walk on dilapidated road
(ht 24/06/2019)
Under-construction
bridge over Madi River in Kaski swept away (ht
24/06/2019)
Haphazard
widening, blacktopping of roads as fiscal year end
nears, by Madan Thakur (rep 23/06/2019)
Lessons
from Amsterdam: Can Kathmandu ever be a cycle-friendly
city?, by Prarambha Dahal (kp 22/06/2019)
Bajhang’s
Pankot-Bhusya road built without technical survey:
Authorities often sanction opening of road stretches
in remote areas without any plans, studies and tests,
by Basanta Pratap Singh (kp 21/06/2019), Bajhang
administration to take action against those involved
in haphazard road construction: CDO directs banning
the use of bulldozers in road projects worth below Rs
10 million, by Basanta Pratap Singh (kp
22/06/2019)
Dilapidated
Prithvi Highway section seeing more accidents, by
Binod Dhungana (rep 20/06/2019)
'Pick-and-drop
in public transport catching on, by Aditi Baral
(rep 20/06/2019)
'Sub-standard
roads' behind rising accidents in far-west (rep
20/06/2019)
As
monsoon nears, open drains and uncovered manholes pose
even bigger risks: Heavy rains tend to flood the
Valley’s streets, obscuring open drains and
manholes from motorcyclists, cyclists and
pedestrians, by Anup Ojha (kp 20/06/2019), Gaping
lack of concern: The yearly occurring injuries and
deaths due to open manholes and drains can easily be
avoided (kp 21/06/2019)
Thori
locals argue over highway alignment, by Shankar
Acharya (kp 20/06/2019)
Risky
travel: In this age of mobile phones, the passengers
should take the initiative to alert the traffic cops
about any tendency by the drivers to overspeed or
overload (ht 19/06/2019), Road
to death (rep 19/06/2019)
Jeep
plunges into Karnali: At least 10, including
rural municipality vice-chair, missing (ht
19/06/2019), Status
of 10 missing in accident still unknown (ht
20/06/2019)
One
passenger dead, 31 injured in Bara bus accident
(ht 18/06/2019)
Nine
killed in jeep accident (ht 18/06/2019)
Manthali-Khurkot
road stretch in sorry state (ht 15/06/2019)
Cars
in the Karnali: Humla and Mugu are finally being
linked to the rest of Nepal, but with the road comes
pollution, by Prakash Singh (nt 14/06/2019)
Galchi-Rasuwagadhi
road project moves at snail's pace, by Sarita
Shrestha and Himnath Devkota (rep 13/06/2019)
Roadworthiness
test for e-scooters irks riders, promoters and
sellers: As per a new government rule, the test—among
many other requirements—includes riders to
complete an uphill ride to Seto Gumba with a pillion
rider, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 13/06/2019)
SC
tells govt not to build road, rail line thru CNP
without consultation, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht
13/06/2019)
Officials
yet to go through Safety Audit report on
Kalanki-Koteshwor road: A total of 658 accidents have
taken place on the stretch in the past 10 months,
by Anup Ojha (kp 12/06/2019)
Road
to Rara a ‘torment’ all the way, by DB Budha (rep
12/06/2019)
Locals
block road for want of repair (ht 12/06/2019)
Transport
Department plans to resume night bus service in
Kathmandu: Along with the Ring Road, the public buses
will also go up to Dhulikhel and Thankot, by Anup
Ojha (kp 11/06/2019)
Helmet,
licence must for e-scooter riders: Department of
Transport Management has directed traffic police
to impose fines on those flouting rules (ht
08/06/2019)
Road
project triggers migration in Bajura (ht
08/06/2019)
Dusty
road along Bhairahawa–Taulihawa route a challenge to
Visit Lumbini Year, by Mohammad Habib (rep
08/06/2019)
Three
killed in Trishuli jeep plunge, as many missing
(ht 05/06/2019)
Construction
of Karnali Corridor picks pace (ht
05/06/2019)
Once
he protested wide old roads on film. Now he’s the one
widening them.Nilkaji Shakya, now chairman of
Kathmandu’s Ward 25, is facing the same kind of
problems he presented 25 years ago as an actor in the
MaHa teleserial ‘Kantipur’, by Arjun Poudel (kp
05/06/2019)
Kalanki-Koteshwor
becomes ‘killer road’, recording 658 accidents in 10
months: Metropolitan Traffic Police Range data shows
25 people have died and 454 others have been
critically injured in the road stretch, by Anup
Ojha (kp 05/06/2019)
No-go
zones for freight vehicles (ht 03/06/2019)
Province
3 govt to build Ring Road on outskirts of Valley
(ht 03/06/2019), Misplaced
priority: Instead of investing its limited resources
on a road in the Valley, Province-3 would do better by
focussing on other vital areas (ht 04/06/2019)
Construction
of Koshi Corridor Highway gains momentum, by
Ananda Gautam and Gyanu Ghimire (kp 02/06/2019)
Public
vehicles to issue 'electronic paying card': Town
planners, however, call the plan ‘too ambitious’,
considering the government’s track record of
unkept promises, by Anup Ojha (kp 01/06/2019), Smart
parking system alone unlikely to end parking woes in
Kathmandu (ht 04/06/2019)
Police
take action against 10,787 errant cabbies (ht
01/06/2019)
Driver
dies as bus falls into river in Sindhuli, by Tanka
Chhetri (rep 01/06/2019)
Road
construction agonizing locals, by Yogesh Rawal
(rep 01/06/2019)
Three
passengers killed, 22 injured in accident (ht
31/05/2019)
Traffic
Police Division announces plan to intensify ‘no horn’
campaign: The move is an effort to reduce sound
pollution levels in the Capital, says the Kathmandu
Metropolitan City, by Anup Ojha (kp 30/05/2019)
‘Safety
issue compromised along Tatopani trade route’, by
Ramesh Khatiwada (rep 28/05/2019)
Dharan-Chatara-Sindhuli-Hetauda
road construction expedited, by Anil Bhandari (rep
28/05/2019)
Outer
Ring Road: Heading for a limbo, by Jiba Raj
Pokharel (ht 27/05/2019)
Bad
road a challenge to Visit Lumbini campaign, by
Mohammad Habib (rep 27/05/2019)
3,000
vehicles booked in four months for haphazard parking:
Traffic police division says parking violations have
gone down after the introduction of the ‘wheel clamp’
campaign, by Anup Ojha (kp 26/05/2019)
384,206
traffic rules violators booked (ht 25/05/2019)
Traffic
police book over 10,000 errant taxi drivers in five
months: 3,000 of them get tickets for refusing to go
to the designated places, by Anup Ojha (kp
25/05/2019)
Eight
years on, three bridge projects remain incomplete:
Controversial Pappu Construction behind two of these
projects, by Kumbharaj Rai (kp 24/05/2019)
NEA
installing 10 EV charging stations (rep
24/05/2019)
Three
toots for Tootle: The motorcycle ride-share serves as
a reliable option for people with disabilities unable
to use public transport, by Sonia Awale (nt
24/05/2019)
Muglin
bridge to come into operation from last week of June
(ht 23/05/2019)
Unsustainable
development projects in Sudurpaschim pose
environmental riskNone of the local units has carried
out environment impact assessment for road
construction projects, by Pant (kp 22/05/2019)
Locals
obstruct vehicular movement on
Chettrapati-Swoyambhu road section (ht 22/05/2019)
Locals
still crossing Mahakali River using tubes as Indian
officials defer inaugural of suspension bridge, by
Prem Chunara (rep 22/05/2019)
Construction
of Sadhikholsa Bailey bridge nears completion, by
Anish Tiwari (kp 21/05/2019)
Too
many ‘useless’ and substandard roads, by Giriraj
Baskota (rep 21/05/2019)
100
km track of Khulalu-Salli Salla road section opens for
vehicles, by Tularam Pandey and Chhapal Lama (kp
21/05/2019)
Enhance
travel security: The government can no longer stay
indifferent to the growing number of accidents, said
to kill about 2,200 people annually (ht
21/05/2019)
Two-wheeler
accidents result in more casualties in the Valley,
data shows: According to traffic police, reckless
driving of riders and poor road conditions are
major reasons behind the accidents, by Nayak
Paudel (kp 20/05/2019)
14
dead, 32 hurt in separate road accidents (kp
20/05/2019)
Transport
federation asks its committees to register as
companies within five days: The government-imposed
deadline ends on June 1, by Chandan Kumar Mandal
(kp 20/05/2019)
‘Pillion
riders will have to wear helmet’ (ht 20/05/2019),
Safety
first: Proposed rule of making the helmet a must for
pillion riders is welcome (kp 21/05/2019)
Metropolis
to facilitate ‘digital parking’ in New Road next week:
Through the ‘Park KTM’ app, 700 two-wheelers and over
200 four-wheelers can book parking spaces in five
designated spaces in the area, by Anup Ojha (kp
19/05/2019)
Rule
violators getting calls from Traffic Police Office
(ht 19/05/2019)
Mid-Hill
Highway Projectoffice seeks clarification from erring
contractors: The project directorate has warned
builders of blacklisting and contract termination,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 19/05/2019)
Call
to promote electric vehicles: Environmentalists demand
adequate budget for implementing earlier announced
policies and infrastructure development, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 17/05/2019)
Nepal
road accidents claimed 11,005 lives in five years
(rep 17/05/2019)
Hundreds
of students affected as locals block road in Lalitpur
(ht 17/05/2019)
Contractor
seeks extension of road project in Dhangadi (ht
17/05/2019)
Road
construction snail-paced (ht 17/05/2019)
Elected
officials demand road be opened—against court order:
Supreme Court orders the Tilganga-Tamaraganga road
section remain closed, as it is part of a UN heritage
site and must be protected, by Anup Ojha (kp
16/05/2019), Tilganga-Tamraganga
road shut down to protect heritage: PADT’s move to
close the 675-metre road was prompted by the
SC’s order three years ago (ht 16/05/2019)
Contractor
begins blacktopping Chabahil-Jorpati road (ht
16/05/2019)
Krishnamarga
road sees 20% work progress, by Binod Dhungana
(rep 16/05/2019)
Heed
the warnings: Now that the locals of Chabahil and
Dholagiti have tasted success with their protests, the
residents of other localities could also join the
bandwagon (ht 15/05/2019)
Highways
Can Turn Parasitic, by Tone Bleie (rn 15/05/2019)
Locals
protest road construction delay, by Ujjwal Satyal
(ht 14/05/2019)
PM
Oli’s claim that Kathmandu is ‘dust free’ is far from
reality: City residents say VIPs who move around in
air conditioned vehicles are unaware of the
Valley’s ground reality, by Anup Ojha (kp
13/05/2019)
Transport
office’s plan to install GPS in vehicles raises
privacy concern: New technology is a good initiative
but it needs broader consultations, activists say,
by Nayak Paudel (kp 13/05/2019)
Khutiya-Dipayal
fast-track halted,says forest office ht
13/05/2019)
Despite
action plans and ambitious targets, Nepal lags behind
in e-mobility transition: How Kathmandu transited
through the death of trolley buses and Safa Tempos to
hazardous air and dented spirits, by Prahlad Rijal
(kp 12/05/2019)
Construction
of major highways improves road connectivity (ht
12/05/2019)
Agitated
residents, traders shut down unrepaired Bouddha road:
At least four protesters and a member of the police
force were injured in the brief scuffle, by Anish
Regmi (kp 10/05/2019) [The
imcompetent politicians and administrators had
promised the repair years ago!], Locals
protest road construction delay, by Ujjwal Satyal
(ht 10/05/2019), Contractor
buckles under pressure (ht 10/05/2019), Tusal-Bauddha
road prepared for instant blacktopping after locals’
protest, by Sonam Lama (rep 11/05/2019)
Delayed
construction of road causing problems for residents
(ht 10/05/2019)
Bridge
construction hit by delay and use of inferior
materials: Four years since the expiry of contract
deadline, Swachhanda Construction has delivered
only 40 percent of the project, by Chandra Karki
(kp 10/05/2019)
Two-thirds
of budget of Kathmandu Tarai Expressway unspent
(brep 09/05/2019)
Road
asphalt wears off within a year of construction,
by Dinesh Subedi (rep 08/05/2019)
City’s
ineffective road clean-up drive is throwing taxpayers’
millions down the drain: The metropolis has spent
Rs249,600 just on fuel for its five broomers in the
last 39 days, by Anup Ojha (kp 07/05/2019)
Lack
of policies hits operation of electric vehicles
(ht 07/02/2019)
NEA
plans to set up 10 electric vehicle charging stations
in Valley (ht 06/05/2019)
The
story of a bridge that was never built, by
Mithilesh Yadav (rep 06/05/2019)
Traffic
police to remove illegal ticket counters, by Anup
Ojha (kp 05/05/2019)
Traffic
police
to enforce pick and drop in Kalanki area from today:
Officials hope the move will ease traffic congestion
and facilitate passengers, by Anup Ojha (kp
05/05/2019)
Road
to connect China and India in Eastern region nears
completion, by Madhav Ghimire and Dipendra Shakya
(kp 05/05/2019)
Unplanned
road construction a big threat to Baitadi, by Bira
Gadal (rep 05/05/2019)
The
problem with buses in Nepal: We can emulate Bogota,
Columbia and adopt bus rapid transit, instead of
unfeasible metro-rails, by Bidur Timalsina (kp
05/05/2019)
To
live in hope: Riding a bicycle in Kathmandu is not
healthy or safe. But neither is riding a motorbike or
a scooter. The hope is that someday, it will be,
by Asmof Karki (kp 04/05/2019)
Mustang
villages cutoff in lack of bridge over Kaligandaki,
by Sushil Babu Thakali (rep 04/05/2019)
Government
to
restore traffic lights in five places of Valley by
next week: The Department of Roads has allocated
Rs 10.9 million for the project, by Anup Ojha (kp
03/05/2019)
42
errant cabbies booked in a day (ht 03/05/2019)
Settlers
occupy areas along Bhimdutta Highway (kp
02/05/2019)
Construction
of bridges along Postal Highway incomplete, by
Madhav Dhungana (kp 02/05/2019), Construction
of bridge along Postal Highway in limbo, by
Santosh Singh (kp 05/05/2019)
Dress
code for public vehicle ticket counter employees
(ht 01/05/2019)
Country’s
oldest highway in urgent need of repair, by Pratap
Bista (kp 30/04/2019)
Five
people dead in Palpa jeep accident (kp 30/04/2019)
Siddhicharan
Highway in sorry state (ht 30/04/2019)
Construction
of suspension bridge completed before deadline, by
Pratap Bista (kp 29/04/2019)
Landslide
prevention works of Narayangadh-Muglin road delayed,
by Ramesh Kumar Paudel (kp 28/04/2019) [No
problem, the next monsoon is still more than a month
away and it comes as a surprise!!]
Tatopani
border point to reopen in May, by Dhruba Dangal
(rep 28/04/2019)
29
per cent vehicles fail emission test in Balkumari
(ht 28/04/2019)
Stakeholders
realigning Jajarkot-Jumla road, by Bhim Bahadur
Singh (kp 26/04/2019)
Bridges
to
Balthali: Across three bridges, up and down a couple
of valleys and into relative serenity, Balthali is
Kathmandu’s unsung bolthole, by Thomas Heaton (kp
26/04/2019)
Nepal’s
electric
transport future is here: Once seen as a quaint
option, electric vehicles promise ecological and
economic benefits, by Sonia Awale (nt 26/04/2019)
Five
people dead, 34 injured in Dadeldhura bus accident,
by Panta (kp 25/04/2019)
Tootle
and
Pathao make commute easy, but many women express
safety concerns: Women say harassment has not stopped
even though both ride-sharing services say they
have a system in place to discourage—and
penalise—riders, by Sachitra Gurung (kp
23/04/2019)
Nepal’s
glaring
road problems: Political leadership is indifferent to
2,000 lives claimed by road accidents annually across
the country (ht 22/04/2019)
Work
apace on Kaligandaki Corridor road widening, by
Shiva Lal Subedi (rep 22/04/2019)
Two
killed, 10 injured in Dhading Bus Accident, by
Sarita Shrestha (rep 22/04/2019)
Kanti
Highway expected to be fully operational by October,
by Pratap Bista (kp 21/04/2019)
Newly
opened corridors will ease city’s traffic jam: Traffic
police, by Anup Ojha (kp 20/04/2019)
Construction
of bridge over Kamala River stalled for years, by
Maheshwor Chamling Rai (rep 20/04/2019)
Asset
verification
process of transport operators set to become free of
hassles: Public transport operators are yet to
register as companies under new rules, by Chandan
Kumar Mandal (kp 19/04/2019)
Lack
of bridge forces Gumba folks to cross rivers with
ropes (ht 18/04/2018)
Kathmandu-Hetauda
Tunnel Highway: Govt neglect puts public money at risk
(rep 16/04/2019)
Verdict
on
Nagdhunga-Kalanki road expansion has knock-on effect
on other projects: Locals who were ready to give up
land for road expansion are now seeking
compensation in line with the Supreme Court’s order,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 16/04/2019)
Stakeholders
say
theimplementation ofmetropolis’ new driving law will
be challenging: Focus on pedestrian amenities and road
surface markings, they say, by Anup Ojha (kp
16/04/2019)
Locals
warn of protest against sluggish road construction
work in Bhaktapur (ht 16/04/2019)
Obstruction
in land acquisition delays construction of Postal
Highway, by Upendra Yadav (rep 15/04/2019)
Seven
dead, 42 hurt in separate road accidents (kp
15/04/2019)
Four
die, four injured in Dharan accident (ht
14/04/2019)
Most
roads in Rolpa constructed without DPR and IEA report,
by Dinesh Subedi (rep 14/04/2019)
Jajarkot
villagers rely on tuins to cross Bheri River, by
Bhim Bahadur Singh (kp 14/04/2019)
Bus
Rapid Transit: Can it be a panacea for public
transportation woes in Kathmandu?, by Bidur
Timalsina (kp 14/04/2019)
Reconstruction
work at Tatopani border nearing completion, by
Prahlad Rijal (kp 13/04/2019)
1,100
km of roads in quake-hit districts yet to be rebuilt,
by Diya Dhakal (rep 13/04/2019)
Government’s
plan to operate 300 electric buses fails to garner
momentum, by Anup Ojha (kp 11/04/2019), Electrify
the future: The government’s grand plan to operate
e-buses is yet to see the light of day (kp
12/04/2019)
Nagdhunga
tunnel plan gets bogged down in paperwork, by
Prahlad Rijal (kp 12/04/2019)
Govt
to revise DPR of Outer Ring Road (ht 11/04/2019)
Over
50 pc vehicles in capital fail pollution test, by
Biken K Dawadi (rep 11/04/2019), 62.5
per cent vehicles fail tests (ht 12/04/2019)
Nagdhunga
tunnel construction delayed (ht 10/04/2019)
Highway
project pays out Rs560 million in compensation, by
Krishan Thapa (kp 10/04/2019)
After
traffic
police take down pamphlets, cabbies accuse state
of restricting freedom of expression: The Department
of Transport Management said the pamphlets sent
a ‘misleading message’ to the public and were
merely tools of ‘emotional blackmail’, by Anup
Ojha (kp 10/04/2019)
KMC
to slap fine for littering public vehicles (ht
09/04/2019)
Seven
killed, 53 injured in road accidents (ht
09/04/2019)
Patan
wants
to become a cycle city. But can it pull it off? The
city’s mayor has an ambitious plan and a bold vision,
but he’ll first have to fight the mindset that
believes in development around vehicles and driving
roads, by Arpan Shrestha (kp 08/04/2019), Lalitpur
to get bicycle lanes (ht 12/04/2019)
Locals
obstruct Prithvi Highway demanding immediate repair,
by Binod Dhungana (rep 08/04/2019)
Two
corridor roads opened to ease traffic congestion
(ht 07/04/2019)
Plan
to manage public vehicles puts authorities on
collision course, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
07/04/2019)
City’s
broomer
machines cleaning VVIP areas only: Kathmandu
Metropolitan City officials say they are still
imparting training to the machine drivers, by Anup
Ojha (kp 07/04/2019)
Three
killed in road accidents (ht 06/04/2019)
Plans
afoot to hike fine up to Rs10,000 for traffic rules
violators, by Anup Ojha (kp 05/04/2019)
Reform
plan launched to manage Valley’s traffic and reduce
pollution (kp 05/04/2019)
Government
raises toll for vehicles (ht 05/04/2019)
A
newly built bridge has been declared ‘risky’ but
vehicles continue to ply on it: The bridge in
Capital’s Teku was built by the ill-famed Pappu
Construction, by Samuel Chhetri (kp 04/04/2019)
Road
network at the doorstep of Everest (rep
04/04/2019)
Road
Department
tightens screw on erring contractors: The move is
aimed at encouraging builders to complete their work
within the deadline, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
02/04/2019)
Six
killed, three injured in Okhaldhunga jeep accident
(rep 01/04/2019)
Nepal
Police launches new system to record accidents in the
central database, by Nayak Paudel (kp 30/03/2019)
Rickshaw
pullers, taxi drivers share difficulties they face
everyday in Capital, by Anup Ojha (kp 29/03/2019)
Traffic
police
start pilot project in a bid to ease Capital’s traffic
woes: The undertaking focuses on the renovation of the
corridor and bridges, as some sections are obstructed
by mounds of soil after construction, by Nayak
Paudel (kp 29/03/2019)
Construction
of bridge left incomplete for last 9 years, by
Mohan Budhaair (kp 28/03/2019)
Mayor
inaugurates
broomer machines: Kathmandu Metropolitan City to
operate the newly brought machines at night along five
different routes, by Anup Ojha and Sanjaya Lama
(kp 27/03/2019)
Construction
of 11 suspension bridges in Humla in limbo, by
Janak Bahadur Shahi(rep 27/03/2019)
Binayak-Thatikhand
road sees little progress with contract due to expire
on April 28, by Menuka Dhungana (kp 27/03/2019)
Dusty
Chabahil-Sankhu stretch choking people, businesses,
by Anita Shrestha (ht 26/03/2019)
As
Bijulibazar arch bridge opens, youths find some
dangerous adventure, by Anup Ojha (kp 26/03/2019)
Foundation
stone laid for the longest suspension bridge of Nepal,
by Sangam Gharti Magar (rep 25/03/2019)
Delayed
Kalanki-Nagdhunga
road project is taking heavy toll on locals and
commuters: Hours-long traffic jams on the dusty
stretch are stressing people out, by Anup Ojha (kp
24/03/2019)
Road
upgradation work halted citing insecurity, no payment,
by Anish Tiwari (kp 24/03/2019)
Rural
roads in poor state; no respite for locals, by
Tika Prasad Bhatta (kp 23/03/2019)
Pillars
of road safety: The number of road fatalities in Nepal
is increasing alarmingly despite an action plan,
by Shubhechchha Bhatta (kp 22/03/2019)
Kathmandu-Tarai
expressway to cost Rs 213 billion: Korean company
submits the final Detailed Project Report to Nepal
Army, by Binod Ghimire (kp 21/03/2019)
Tendering
process for remaining portion of Postal Highway starts,
by Rakesh Khanal (kp 20/03/2019)
Construction
of
Miteri bridge gains momentum: The Chinese builder
plans to complete the reconstruction of the
infrastructure in the bridge area within May 2019,
by Anish Tiwari (kp 19/03/2019)
Eight
years
on, construction of the Kamala river bridge yet to
complete: A joint venture of the disreputed Pappu
Construction was contracted to complete the bridge by
the fiscal year 2015-16, by Raj Kumar Karki (kp
18/03/2019)
Kathmandu
Valley’s
overhead bridges in dire need of repair: Urban
planners say dilapidated structures pose a serious
threat to pedestrians, by Anup Ojha (kp
17/03/2019), A
bridge to fear: Kathmandu’s dilapidated flyovers
could be a disaster in the waiting (kp 18/03/2019)
Locals
work together to build road on their own (rep
17/03/2019)
Roads
blacktopped in Parbat, by Chhabilal Tiwari (rep
16/03/2019)
Kathmandu
metropolis
allocates Rs500 million to instal 6,000 street lamps:
Metropolis to call tender for the installation after
two months, by Anup Ojha (kp 10/03/2019)
Kathmandu’s
taxi
drivers say the meter fare is killing them: An
alliance of drivers in the Valley wants to set a fixed
rate for routes under three kilometres. Officials say
they haven’t given the demand a thought, by Arpan
Shrestha and Sanjog Manandhar (kp 07/03/2019)
Landslide-blocked
Mailung-Syaphru road section yet to come into
operation, by Balaram Ghimire (kp 07/03/2019)
Transport
associations
say difficult to follow two-driver rule Police
are using a new system to ensure that two drivers take
turns to drive long-route buses to their destination,
by Nayak Paudel (kp 03/03/2019) [This
must not be an argument!]
At
least 11 killed in Darchula jeep plunge (rep
02/03/2019)
‘Traffic
congestion cost Kathmandu Rs 16.5 billion in 2018’
(rep 02/03/2019)
90
percent work on Muglin bridge complete; set to open on
Nepali New Year, by Anup Ojha (kp 01/03/2019)
Over
72,000 road projects in limbo (ht 28/02/2019)
DoTM
likely to hike public transport fare (ht
27/02/2019)
Go
electric to cut oil bill: As long as we import
petroleum, Nepal’s trade deficit will keep ballooning,
by Paban Pandey (kp 25/02/2019)
New
legal trouble for Pathao: A writ filed in the Supreme
Court challenges the ride-sharing company’s legal
status in Nepal, by Tsering D Gurung (kp
25/02/2019), Top
court
rejects stay appeal against Pathao: Petitioner and
ride-sharing service company to furnish written
explanation to the court, by Tsering D Gurung (kp
27/02/2019)
Seven
places prone to landslides along Narayangadh-Muglin
road, by Ramesh Kumar Paudel (kp 25/02/2019)
Pepsicola-Sallaghari
road expansion at snail’s pace (kp 23/02/2019)
Two
years on, 4.5-km bypass road sees no sign of
completion, by Sabita Shrestha (rep 23/02/2019)
45
public buses booked for overlooking rule (kp
22/02/2019)
People
in remote Rolpa village rejoice arrival of motor
vehicles, by Kashiram Dangi (kp 22/02/2019)
KMC's
lighting program in the dark: 7.5 pc of required
street lamps installed in seven months, by Biken K
Dawadi (rep 22/02/2019)
15-year-old
was driving ill-fated Baglung jeep (rep
21/02/2019)
Passengers
obliged to change multiple vehicles in Dolpa-Nepalgunj
route, by Bishnu Prasad Devkota (rep 21/02/2019)
Electric
buses unveiled by PM remain garaged (rep
21/02/2019)
Road
mishap in Province - 5 : 350 dead, over 1,000 injured
in seven months, by Rekha Bhusal (rep 20/02/2019)
Work
on 12 bridges along Beni-Jomsom-Korala road ongoing,
by Sushil Babu Thakali (rep 19/02/2019)
Construction
of 7,000 road projects across country stalled (ht
16/02/2019)
Jhulaghat
bridge
remains an unmet promise: Locals deprived of economic
benefits in absence of motorable bridge over Mahakali
River, by Bira Gadal (rep 16/02/2019)
At
least four killed, nine injured in Jajarkot bus crash
(kp 15/02/2019), Dilapidated
Rimna road blamed for Thursday’s accident, by
Janak KC (rep 16/02/2019)
Motorcyclist
killed after colliding with bus on East-West Highway
(kp 15/02/2019)
Traffic
police launches drive to shape up public bus drivers,
by Anup Ojha (kp 14/02/2019)
Crossing
Mahakali remains a challenge for Dadeldhura folk,
by Panta (kp 14/02/2019)
Dhading's
rural roads: Development in winter, destruction in
monsoon, by Sarita Shrestha (rep 13/02/2019)
Kalanki-Koteshwor
section undergoes road safety audit, by Anup Ojha
(kp 13/02/2019)
Footpaths
to be made compulsory in new roads: Transport Minister,
by Biken K Dawadi (rep 13/02/2019)
HoR
holds debate on road safety (ht 13/02/2019)
App
aims to ensure two drivers in long-route buses (ht
13/02/2019)
Road
construction done without research causing depletion
of water sources, by Shumsher Bikram GC (rep
12/02/2019)
115
tuins replaced with trail bridges (ht 11/02/2019)
DoTM
mulls int’l driving licence (ht 11/02/2019)
Police
to launch app aimed at making night buses safer,
by Nayak Paudel (kp 10/02/2019)
Undoing
traffic
jam: While the number of drivers penalized for
violating traffic rules is increasing steadily, the
number of violators is also rising, by Kabi
Adhikari (rep 10/02/2019)
How
safe is Kalanki-Koteshwar road?, by Bikan K Dawadi
(rep 10/02/2019)
Progress
on Koshi Corridor excites local entrepreneurs, by
Giriraj Baskota (rep 10/02/2019)
Palpa
Butwal road section shut for geological survey (kp
10/02/2019)
Revving
up: It’s time to bid adieu to the internal combustion
engine, by Gaurab Raj Pandey (kp 10/02/2019)
Shortest
route linking Udayapur with Kathmandu comes into
operation (ht 09/02/2019)
Seven
dead in road accidents, by Raj Kumar Karki (kp
08/02/2019)
While
KMC fails, a person’s drive to manage strays thrives,
by Anup Ojha (kp 07/02/2019)
Traffic
police
launch safety drive on Valley’s newly widened road:
Certain sections of the stretch have been dubbed
‘death traps’, by Anup Ojha (kp 06/02/2019), Over
6,000 cabbies booked for traffic violations (kp
06/02/2019)
Surveyors
plot landby breaching highway buffer regulation,
by Shiva Puri (kp 06/02/2019)
Singha
Durbar-Putalisadak road still in dark—so is KMC,
by Anup Ojha (kp 05/02/2019)
Khokana
will
remain Kathmandu-Tarai Expressway entry point:
Korean firm submits draft of the detailed project
report to the Nepal Army, by Binod Ghimire (kp
05/02/2019)
Two-wheelers
involved in 56.49pc road accidents in Kathmandu valley
(ht 05/02/2019)
Handover
delay in peak season stalls more than 1,000 road
projects, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 04/02/2019)
[Anti-federal government
politics!]
Suspension
bridge built in Darchula border yet to come into use,
by Manoj Badu (kp 04/02/2019)
Call
to pass bill related to road safety (ht
03/02/2019)
7-kilometer
track takes 41 years to open, by Ashok Sujan
Shrestha (rep 03/02/2019)
Tuin
accident victims to get govt relief (ht
02/02/2019)
Struggle
committee to intensify agitation for early completion
of bridges (ht 01/02/2019)
Road
construction project in limbo (ht 01/02/2019)
China’s
design
plan delays Ring Road phase two project: Chinese side
unhappy about criticism of the first phase road
expansion completed recently, sources say, by
Bibek Subedi (kp 31/01/2019)
3
months after repair, BP Highway back to square one,
by Anil Bhandari (rep 31/01/2019)
Economic
case
for road safety: If Nepal doesn’t act to reduce road
injuries it might lose seven percent of GDP growth in
the next two decades, by Puspa Raj Pant (rep
30/01/2019)
Kathmandu-Tarai
expressway
to be shorter: According to Nepal Army, the project
report has proposed more tunnels, shortening the
road to 73.5km, by Binod Ghimire (kp 30/01/2019)
Tipper-hit
kills minor in Morang: Biratnagar-Biratchowk road
section remained tense after irate locals torched
seven tippers (ht 29/01/2019)
Passengers
worried over reckless driving, by Sarita Shrestha
(rep 29/01/2019)
One-track
mind: To address road safety in Nepal, we need to mind
the gaps, by Puspa Raj Pant (kp 27/01/2019), Deadly
highways: Road safety should be made a national
priority as many people are dying in mishaps, by
David Kainee (kp 29/01/2019)
Nepal
Electricity Authority, driver blamed for Sabaila
accident, by Brij Kumar Yadav (ht 27/01/2019)
1
die, 25 hurt in bus crash (kp 26/01/2019)
Mismanagement
plagues transport department (ht 25/01/2019)
Highways
or
death traps? In the absence of proper monitoring and
precaution, highways that are being envisioned will
most certainly increase Vehicle Wildlife Collisions,
by Pramod Neupane (rep 24/01/2019)
Hundreds
of travellers stuck in snow in various districts
(kp 24/01/2019)
Ride
Sharing Ventures in Nepal, by Uttam Maharjan (rn
24/01/2019)
Heavy
snowfall disrupts Solukhumbu-Kathmandu road (rep
23/01/2019)
Pashupati
road being operated against Supreme Court directive,
by Anup Ojha (kp 22/01/2019)
City
starts work on overpasses (kp 22/01/2019), KMC
to build two pedestrian bridges this fiscal year
(rep 22/01/2019)
Locals
along Galchhi-Trishuli Road enforce banda demanding
compensation, by Krishna Thapa (kp 21/01/2019), General
strike hits life in Nuwakot (ht 21/01/2019)
A
dangerous life: Road safety is not a privilege, but
the right of the people (kp 21/01/2019), Valley
roads claimed 132 lives in six months, by Biken K
Dawadi rep 21/01/2019)
4
dead, 25 hurt in separate road accidents (kp
21/01/2019)
Life
in the fast lane: The Nepal Army is overstepping its
mandate, and the fast track has dissatisfied locals,
by Ayushma Basnyat (kp 21/01/2019)
With
60 percent zebra crossings faded, pedestrians at risk
of being run over, by Anup Ojha (kp 20/01/2019)
Getting
back on track: Perpetual delays in legislation and
implementation on road safety will cost more lives,
by Bhagirath Yogi (kp 20/01/2019)
Three
dead, as many hurt in Sarlahi road accident: A
speeding truck hit a bus that was parked on the
roadside (kp 20/01/2019)
24
injured as bus overturns (kp 20/01/2019)
Chhinchu-Jajarkot
road in dilapidated state (kp 20/01/2019)
33
years on, Doti road construction nowhere near
completion (ht 19/01/2019)
Nepal’s
deadly roads take their toll: It is no longer correct
to call them accidents, this is slaughter, by
Gopal Gartaula (nt 18/01/2019)
Seven
dead, 33 injured in Parbat bus accident, by
Agandhar Tiwari and Prakash Baral (kp 18/01/2019)
Poor
road condition sees decline in tourist numbers in
Sankhu (kp 17/01/2019)
Siraha
road accidents kill 39 in past six months (rep
17/01/2019)
Ride-sharing
apps
hit hurdle as state sides with taxi operators: The
recent seizure of motorbikes used by Tootle and Pathao
riders raises concerns about letting tech
companies operate unregulated , by Tsering D
Gurung (kp 16/01/2019), Middle
of the road: Government’s reaction to ride-hailing
services should be to step in and update laws—not
restrict innovation (kp 16/01/2019) [There
is special need of insurance and tax payment
regulations!], Ride
partners perplexed as crackdown continues, by
Timothy Aryal (kp 17/01/2019), Transport
management dept rules out action against ride-sharing
services, by Ujjwal Satyal (ht 17/01/2019), Law
to regulate ride-sharing services by April, by
Timothy Aryal (kp 18/01/2019), Capitalising
on back seats: The government’s decision to lift the
ban on ride-sharing is progressive, by Mangal
Bahadur Thapa (kp 18/01/2019)
Poor
quality drives transport management department to halt
printing smart licences, by Umesh Poudel (ht
16/01/2019)
New
‘wheel clamp’ campaign books 213 motorists in a week:
Drive implemented to lessen congestion in the city,
by Anup Ojha (kp 13/01/2019)
Locals
Build wooden bridge in Dumling, by Manoj Badu (kp
13/01/2019)
Roads
to
nowhere: Shailung Construction holds contracts for the
maintenance of many roads in Kathmandu Valley.
But its performance on nearly all of them has been
found wanting, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
12/01/2019)
Government-approved
death traps: Road accidents are created by the
government’s neglect and lack of responsibility,
by Naresh Koirala (kp 11/01/2019)
Move
like
ants: Have you seen ants stuck in traffic? Researches
have proven that if we all drove more like ants walk,
we would experience fewer traffic jams, by
Biranchi Poudyal (rep 10/01/2019)
NC
MPs register public importance motion on road carnage
(rep 09/01/2019) [This is
justified, but one must still ask why they did not
become active when their party was in government!]
Commuters
are NOT happy with KMC ‘pick and drop’ points (kp
08/01/2019), Commuters
bear brunt of pick-and-drop (rep 09/01/2019)
Microbus
runs over five pedestrians (ht 08/01/2018)
APF
men on standby to clear landslide debris, by Bibhu
Luitel (kp 07/01/2019)
Avoiding
road
deaths: The best way to reduce road traffic deaths and
severe injuries in Nepal is through a safe system
approach with good post-crash care, by Amrit
Banstola (rep 06/01/2019)
Construction
of Tamakoshi bridge in limbo for nine years (ht
06/01/2019)
MPs
Criticise government for failing to deliver (kp
05/01/2019)
80
pc
breathalysers defunct; can’t be repaired in country:
In 2014, the MTPD had bought 18
breathalysers for Rs2.4m; today, half of
them don’t work, by Anup Ojha (kp 03/01/2019), Traffic
police allocate Rs 4.1m for breathalysers, by Anup
Ojha (kp 06/01/2019)
Bridge
construction in limbo for six years (ht
03/01/2019)
Police
teams in rural areas in bid to control careless
driving (ht 03/01/2019)
Traffic
police book 1,817 rule violators on New Year’s Eve,
by Anup Ojha (kp 02/01/2019)
Construction
of roads in locality elates Chepang communities
(kp 02/01/2019)
Bhojpur-Khotang
road section being blacktopped (ht 02/01/2019)
Landslide
blocks Dhunche road (kp 01/01/2019)
Man
dies, 24 hurt in separate road accidents (kp
01/01/2019)
Traffic
police rely on social media to book rule violators,
by Anup Ojha (kp 31/12/2018)
Solar
lamps
along Singha Durbar, Bhadrakali start working after a
year: After nearly a year of lying defunct,
twenty-four solar lamps have finally been
repaired along one of the most famous thoroughfares in
the Capital, by Anup Ojha (kp 30/12/2018) [Wow,
an extremely conscientious and competent government
and administration!]
Using
public transport an ordeal for disabled people, by
Shuvam Dhungana (rep 30/12/2018)
286,922
DUI offenders booked so far (ht 30/12/2018)
Nagdhunga
tunnel delayed over contractor selection process,
by Bibek Subedi (kp 30/12/2018)
Government
to send back faulty electric buses: Supplier BYD wants
re-assessment of vehicles, by Chandan Kumar Mandal
(kp 29/12/2018)
Govt
to establish transport authority (ht 29/12/2018)
After
criticism, KMC installs ‘pick and drop’ information
boards, by Anup Ojha (kp 28/12/2018)
Govt
to buy 300 electric buses for Kathmandu valley
(rep 28/12/2018), Plan
to bring 300 e-buses to city receives mixed response:
Transparency major concern for the purchase plan worth
billions (rep 30/12/2018)
Kathmandu-Tarai
Expressway: Army seeks Rs 680 million as incentive for
staff, by Rudra Pangeni (rep 27/12/2018)
City
planners sceptical about KMC’s plan to install smart
zebra crossings, by Anup Ojha (kp 26/12/2018)
Baphi
villagers rely on boats and tubes to cross Seti,
by Mohan Shahi (kp 26/12/2018)
China
to start upgrading Syabrubesi road soon, by Bibek
Subedi (kp 26/12/2018)
Pokhara’s
Bus Park to be upgraded, by Santosh Pokharel (rep
26/12/2018)
Pokhara-Baglung
road to be closed six hours a day, by Chhabi Lal
Tiwari (rep 26/12/2018)
‘No
changes in Fast Track starting point’ (rep
26/12/2018)
Ghorahi
tense after bus kills scooterist, by Durga Lal KC
(kp 25/12/2018)
A
road to nowhere: Campaigns without proper urban
planning no solution to Capital’s traffic woes (kp
25/12/2018)
Road
safety:
It is high time govt recognised road safety as an
issue and implemented strong regulations to curb road
accidents and save lives (ht 24/12/2018)
Lack
of publicity renders city’s ‘pick and drop’ drive
ineffective, by Anup Ojha (kp 23/12/2018)
Expressway
project on track, says parliamentary team: Nepal Army
is building the shortest way from Kathmandu to
the Tarai (kp 23/12/2018)
Kathmandu’s
roads
are widening, but there’s no space for pedestrians:
The existing set-up of most of the Valley’s streets
shows there’s little concern for pedestrians, and even
where there are sidewalks, they have been poorly built
and managed, by Arpan Shrestha (kp 22/12/2018)
16
killed in bus accident, by Durga Lal KC (kp
22/12/2018), Death
toll in Dang bus accident climbs to 23, 12 deceased
identified, by Shiva Lal Subedi (rep 22/12/2018),
Polytechnic
institute mourns loss of students and teachers:
Twenty-three were killed in Friday’s bus accident,
by Durga Lal KC (kp 23/12/2018), Tragedy
in Dang should be a wakeup call (rep 24/12/2018)
Second
phase
of bridge maintenance project begins: First phase
conducted major maintenance along 17-km bridge length
and minor repairs along 10 km (rep 22/12/2018)
Millions
of rupees being spent on installation of bridge over
Sunkoshi (ht 22/12/2018)
Valley
natives stage protest against road expansion drive
(kp 21/12/2018)
One
killed, 25 others injured in road mishap (rep
21/12/2018)
Killer
roads claim 864 lives across Nepal in 4 months: 3,728
injured in 4,298 accidents including 1,488 severely,
by Bikan K Dawadi (rep 18/12/2018), Road
safety must be a national priority (rep
19/12/2018)
Hopping
on: With ride-sharing services Tootle and Pathao,
Kathmandu’s passengers can finally ride safe and ride
cheap, by Krishana Prasain (kp 17/12/2018)
Koshi
gets alternative crossing, by Sangam Prasain (kp
17/12/2018)
‘Pick
and drop rule’ for passenger vehicles enforced around
Tundhikhel area, by Shuvam Dhungana (rep
17/12/2018), Public
vehicles barred from waiting at city centre (ht
17/12/2018)
Govt
shows
flexibility towards transporters: Extends the deadline
for transport associations to switch to company model
till mid-March (ht 17/12/2018)
Dept
of roads tarmacking streets sans clearing utility
poles, pipelines, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
16/12/2018)
China
awaits design approval of second phase of Ring Road
expansion project (ht 16/12/2018)
Can
Kathmandu
ever be a cycling city? With temperate weather and a
small size, Kathmandu should be a perfect cycle city.
Instead, cycling here is difficult, dangerous and even
lethal, by Bibhu Luitel (kp 15/12/2018)
18
dead, 16 injured in mini-truck plunge, by Krishna
Thapa (kp 15/12/2018), Nuwakot
truck crash toll reaches 20, by Krishna Thapa (kp
16/12/2018)
Seven
dead, 12 injured in separate road accidents (kp
15/12/2018)
Expressway
to stay on course despite Khokana protests, by
Binod Ghimire (kp 14/12/2018), SAC
orders govt to heed local complaints about fast-track
project (rep 15/12/2018)
Speeding
a norm on 'risky' BP highway, by Anil Bhandari
(rep 13/12/2018)
Rasugadhi
Hydropower Project builds road to Thuman village,
by Himnath Devkota (rep 13/12/2018)
Shanghai
group set to hand over KK road project to Kathmandu,
by Anup Ojha (kp 12/12/2018)
Public
transporters ‘must register as private companies by
Dec 16’, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 11/12/2018)
10
years on, Khaireni bridge still incomplete, by
Tika Prasad Bhatta (kp 11/12/2018)
Compensation
controversy affects a national pride road project,
by Bhagwati Lama (rep 11/12/2018)
Contractor
blamed for sluggish Lamosanghu-Jiri road improvement,
by Ramesh Khatiwada (rep 09/12/2018)
Roadblocks,
by Ramesh Kumar (nt 07/12/2018)
I
see you: Installing CCTV cameras on the streets
demands accountability (kp 07/12/2018)
Public
Transportation Reforms, by Narad Bharadwaj (rn
07/12/2018)
Kathmandu
to
enforce ‘pick and drop’ rule from December 16: City
Mayor Bidya Sundar Shakya says the new campaign aims
to make Kathmandu a traffic-congestion free city,
by Anup Ojha (kp 06/12/2018)
Chinese
company starts rebuilding Miteri Bridge in
Sindhupalchok, by Anish Tiwari (kp 05/12/2018), Tatopani
border likely to open in May, by Dhruba Dangal
(rep 06/12/2018)
State
inadequacies impede road works worth Rs 26b, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 04/12/2018)
How
a
‘dangerous’ verdict halted road expansions: 170 cases
against road expansion pending at Supreme Court,
hundreds in other courts across country, by Anjali
Subedi and Rudra Pangeni (rep 04/12/2018)
6
dead in road accidents (kp 04/12/2018)
A
suspension bridge gives new lease of life to over 15
villages, by Mithilesh Yadav (rep 03/12/2018)
Proposal
to construct provincial bus terminal in Tilottama,
by Rekha Bhusal (rep 02/12/2018)
Blacktopping
of Gulariya-Belawa road section begins, by Nirmal
Ghimire (rep 02/12/2018)
Disgruntled
minister questions tenders for 20 bridges on
fast-track road (rep 01/12/2018)
New
vehicle route system from Dec 16 (ht 01/12/2018)
Fast
Track alignment should not be changed: Nepali Army
(ht 01/12/2018)
Shake
a leg: The chronic traffic congestion in the Kathmandu
Valley can be reduced by cycling, by Shubhechchha
Bhatta (kp 30/11/2018)
13
hurt as car runs over pedestrians (ht 30/11/2018)
Six
people dead in Dailekh car accident (kp
29/11/2018)
Trees
halt construction of highway in Kailali. In Kanchanpur
62km of Postal Highway section remains incomplete,
by Mohan Budhair and Bhawanci Bhatta (kp 29/11/2018)
Salleri-Surkhe
road construction halted, by Kumbharaj Rai (kp
28/11/2018)
MPs
for halting KTM-tarai fast track work until DPR is
ready (rep 27/11/2018)
Five
dead, 48 injured in Saptari bus accident, by
Abdhesh Kumar Jha (kp 25/11/2018)
Mind
the road: No substantial actions have been planned to
improve air quality and road safety, by Prashanta
Khanal (kp 25/11/2018)
Citizens
grope in darkness: KMC and NEA squabble over defunct
street lights at Singha Durbar, by Anup Ojha (kp
24/11/2018)
16
killed in Dadeldhura bus plunge, by Panta (kp
23/11/2018), Dadeldhura
crash toll rises to 18 (kp 24/11/2018)
Nepal
razes
three bridges built by India: nepal granted india
permission to construct two wooden bridges
across mahakali river in Byas in October. However, the
indian side constructed five bridges, by Manoj
Badu (kp 23/11/2018)
Narrow
bridges cause traffic bottlenecks on Muglin road: 18
bridges on the route needs replacement for smooth
traffic flow, by Ramesh Kumar Paudel (kp
20/11/2018)
Road
projects worth Rs 26b in limbo due to handover delays,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 19/11/2018)
Nepal
Police rescue 7,029 women and children from
traffickers in last 5 years (kp 18/11/2018)
Plan
to install 14 portable bridges to ease city traffic
(kp 18/11/2018)
Dolpa
headquarters linked to national road network (kp
18/11/2018)
Two
dead, 17 hurt in Dadeldhura jeep crash, by Panta
(kp 18/11/2018)
Belahiya-Butwal
road starts cracking even before completion of project,
by Mohammad Habib (rep 18/11/2018)
Most
auto drivers in Sindhuli driving without licenses,
by Anil Bhandari (rep 18/11/2018)
Road
extension around Fewa Lake risks soil deposition,
by Santosh Pokharel (rep 17/11/2018)
72pc
of accidents during festivals due to reckless driving
(kp 16/11/2018)
New
Friendship Bridge in Rasuwagadhi within 6 months,
by Himnath Devkota (rep 15/11/2018)
Four
die in road accidentsm (kp 15/11/2018)
Additional
2,400 trail bridges needed in Nepal (ht
15/11/2018)
Overpasses
to be constructed in Chabahil, Maitighar (ht
15/11/2018)
Road
rebuilding crawls as blame game continues (kp
14/11/2018)
Residents
not happy with substandard roads, by Bhim
Chapagain (rep 14/11/2018)
3
dead in separate crashes (kp 14/11/2018)
Landslides
obstruct Kodari Highway, by Anish Tiwari (kp
13/11/2018)
New
expressway turns killer: Recently opened
Koteshwor-Kalanki road section kills nine people in
three months, by Anup Ojha (kp 07/11/2018)
Years
on, postal highway project fails to gain momentum
(ht 07/11/2018)
Ten
dead, two injured in Dolpa jeep accident, by
Bishnu Lal Budha (kp 06/11/2018)
Average
160 people die a year in Valley road accidents:
Traffic police, by Shuvam Dhungana (rep
06/11/2018)
Kathmandu
sees high numbers of vehicles; traffic management
turns challenging, by Narayan Dhungana (rep
04/11/2018)
Registrations
resume under new numbering scheme (kp 03/11/2018)
Kathmandu-Tarai
Expressway: Khokana, Bungamati residents complain to
visiting lawmakers, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
02/11/2018)
Jogbani-Kimathanka
track opening work nears completion (ht
02/11/2018)
Construction
of motorable bridge left in limbo (ht 02/11/2018)
Electri-City
Cars: Do your bit for the ecology and economy by
switching to a battery car, and save money, too,
by Sikuma Rai (nt 02/11/208)
Blacktopping
done in hurry results in cracks within four months,
by Narhari Sapkota (rep 01/11/2018)
Fund
crunch
hits reconstruction of quake-ravaged Tatopani road:
More than three years after the devastating
earthquake, the passage to China from Tatopani remains
inaccessible by vehicles, by Sanjeev Giri (kp
31/10/2018)
With
ban lifted in Valley, tipper trucks again taking their
toll, by Madhusudan Guragain (rep 31/10/2018), Tipper
ban lifted ‘to spur government projects’, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 01/11/2018)
Low
bids hit construction projects: Mid-Hill Highway
(Eastern) prepares to terminate contracts of three
bridge and wall projects, by Prithvi Man Shrestha
(kp 31/10/2018)
Liping
road repairs begin, by Anish Tiwari (kp
30/10/2018)
Motorable
bridge comes into operation in Bajura (ht
30/10/2018)
‘Mechanically
fit’ old vehicles likely to get permission to operate
(ht 29/10/2818)
Nijgadh-Kathmandu
Expressway:
Mismanagement leaves felled trees in limbo; The logs
have started decaying after it was hit by the
incessant rain during the monsoon, by Laxmi
Sah (kp 28/10/2018)
Cyclist’s
bid for ‘fresh air’ ends in open drain, by Anup
Ojha (kp 28/10/2018), Man
dies after falling into manhole, by Anita Shrestha
(ht 28/10/2018)
Bridge
over Mechi River yet to come into operation
(ht 28/10/2018)
Valley
roads become deathtraps: Claim 4 lives in 24 hours,
by Himal Lamsal (rep 28/10/2018)
Road
accidents during Dashain rise 50pc: Nepal Police data
shows 568 road accidents took place in the country,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 28/10/2018)
Nagma-Gamgadi
road upgrading project: Local’s rage forces
contractors to use quality materials, by DB Budha
(rep 27/10/2018)
China
begins repairing Araniko Highway, by Dhruba Dangal
(rep 26/10/2018) [Why on earth
has not Nepal itself begun and successfully completed
this important task long ago?]
DoTM
plans GPS based vehicle tracking system (ht
26/10/2018)
New
bridge
over Trishuli River ‘80pc complete’: The project has
missed two deadlines. The first was mid-October 2017
and the second, mid-March 2018, by Anup Ojha (kp
25/10/2018)
Jajarkot-Dolpa
road: Army opens track for Bheri corridor, by
Krishna Prasad Gautam (kp 25/10/2018)
Construction
of six-lane road still incomplete, six years on,
by Rekha Bhusal (rep 25/10/2018)
Vendor
to print driving licences from this week (kp
24/10/2018)
E-buses
launched: Electric mobility action plan aims big,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 24/10/2018), A
Ride To The Future, by Narad Bharadwaj (rn
26/10/2018)
Govt
seeks help for DPR of six tunnel roads (ht
24/10/2018)
Holiday
travellers clog Beni-Jomsom road, by Ghanashyam
Khadka (kp 24/10/2018)
Narayangadh-Muglin
highway: Improved road already in tatters, by
Ramesh Kumar Paudel (kp 23/10/2018)
Inflow
of people to Kathmandu increasing (ht 23/10/2018)
1
dead, 24 injured as mini lorry overturns in
Sindhupalchok (kp 23/10/2018)
Six
dead, 16 injured in bus accident, by Narayan
Sharma (kp 22/10/2018), Six
killed, 50 injured in Nawalparasi bus accident (ht
22/10/2018), Three
killed in Ramechhap accident (ht 22/10/2018), 7
killed, 137 injured in separate road accidents in one
day (ht 22/10/2018), Road
fatalities during Dashain triple to 13 from last year,
by Anup Ojha (kp 23/10/2018)
DoTM
plans to reshuffle vehicle routes in Valley from
mid-December (ht 22/10/2018), Plan
for 66 new public vehicle routes in Valley (kp
23/10/2018)
Over
2.5 million people leave Kathmandu (kp 17/10/2018)
3
family members among six dead in road accidents
(kp 17/10/2018)
Charging
ahead: Nepal needs to switch to EVs if its agenda is
to avoid losses economically and environmentally,
by Rakshya Lama (kp 16/10/2018)
Risky
travelling: The festival rush increases chances of
road accidents (kp 15/10/2018), Accidents
mar festival travel rush, by Chandan Kumar Mandal
(kp 16/10/2018)
NA
shortlists six firms to build bridges along Fast Track
(ht 15/10/2018)
Department
of Roads refuses to accept new bridge over Bishnumati,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 13/10/2018)
Nine
killed, 63 injured in three road accidents, by
Anil Bhandari and Bhagwati Lama (rep 13/10/2018)
Exodus
continues from Kathmandu: More than 1.5 million people
head home from the Valley (kp 12/10/2018)
Morang
starts written test to check drink driving (kp
12/10/2018)
Route
restriction lifted to ease travel rush (kp
10/10/2018)
Amend
vehicle registration process as per provincial system:
Cabinet tells govt (ht 10/10/2018)
Four
dead, 13 injured in two road accidents (rep
10/10/2018)
Find
innovation to manage Valley traffic (rep
10/10/2018)
Dashain
dash: Shoddy vehicles accident-prone: Last season, 483
people died in 2,953 accidents, by Chandqan Kumar
Mandal (kp 07/10/2018)
Six
dead, 17 injured in Banke microbus crash, by
Thakur Singh Tharu (kp 07/10/2018)
Nepal
allows India to build 2 wooden bridges across Mahakali
River, by Manoj Badu (kp 07/10/2018)
Chyachhada
cliff hinders Hilsa-Simkot road building, by Jaya
Bahadur Rokaya (kp 07/10/2018)
Expressway
study agreement inked (kp 03/10/2018)
Repair
causes hours-long traffic jam (kp 03/101/2018)
New
luxury buses alleviate commuters’ daily ordeal, by
Anup Ojha (kp 03/10/2018)
Residents
block traffic at Kalanki, by Anup Ojha (kp
29/09/2018)
Government
mulls ‘authority’ to manage public transport system,
by Tika R Pradhan (kp 26/09/2018)
Ban
on 20-year-old vehicles deprive rural areas of
transportation, by Bhim Chapagain (rep 26/09/2018)
Postal
Highway becomes a nuisance due to delay in completion,
by Mithilesh Yadv (rep 26/09/2018)
Lack
of road compels Sertung locals to transport goods on
mules, by Sarita Shrestha (rep 25/09/2018)
Citizens
suffer every night as over 24 street lights fail,
by Anup Ojha (kp 24/09/2018)
Project-control
issue
stalls 1,500 road works Impasse continues as Kathmandu
controls projects while provincial governments
hold budget (kp 24/09/2018) [Leading
politicians of the central level are still trying to
prevent the implementation of federalism!]
Bridge
project delay affects Lalima residents (kp
14/09/2018)
Police
book over 1,000 traffic rule violators (kp
23/09/2018)
Locals
put their sweat and money to repair road, by
Narahari Sapkota (rep 23/09/2018)
DPR
for road link to China set to be revised, by
Himnath Devkota (rep 23/09/2018)
No
road expansion at ABC foot trail for next 30 years,
by Santosh Pokharel (rep 23/09/2018)
Pappu
Construction
violates approved design in four bridges:
Infrastructure Ministry’s study reinforces growing
concerns over quality of projects handled by the firm,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 22/09/2018), Pappu
delay
disrupts local life and trade: Pappu has been accused
of missing the deadline on 25 bridge construction
deals, out of a total of 41 construction contracts,
by Arjun Rajbanshi (kp 22/09/2018)
Transport
strike hits normal life in Mahottari, Bara (kp
20/09/2018), Transport
strike paralyses country: Police fire bullets and lob
teargas canisters during clash with drivers in Achham
(kp 21/09/2018), Transport
operators refuse to open festival ticket booking
(kp 21/09/2018), Drivers
end
strike after deal: Eight-point agreement calls for
drivers’ release, legal amendments, vehicle tests and
road reforms, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
22/09/2018), Government,
agitating drivers ink deal to resume transportation
services (rep 22/08/2018), Dashain
bookings
start after nod to fare hike: Committee to review and
suggest systematic fare adjustment for public vehicles
within two months, by Arpan Shrestha and Chandan
Kumar Mandal (kp 23/09/2018)
Korean
firm wins bid to make expressway DPR, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 20/09/2018)
DoR
to instal traffic lights at seven places (ht
20/09/2018)
Expressway
project is a test of country’s leadership: Pokharel
(kp 19/09/2018)
Army
proposes two more tunnels along expressway, will cost
Rs 5 billion extra, by Rudra Pangeni (rep
19/09/2018), Nepal
Army must exercise transparency (rep 20/09/2018),
Project
report delay won’t hit
expressway works, says Army (kp 21/09/2018), DPR
will be ready in four months: Nepal Army (rep
21/09/2018), Experts
advised more tunnels: Nepal Army: Additional tunnels
to cost Rs 4.29 billion (rep 22/09/2018)
Demolition
of illegal structures along BP Highway begins, by
Madhusudhan Guragain (rep 18/09/2018)
Arniko
Highway neglected after closure of trade route with
China, by Dhruba Dangal (rep 18/09/2018)
Postal
road project: Works progress at a snail’s pace (kp
17/09/2018)
Locals
risking their lives due to delay in bridge
construction, by Upendra Yadav (rep 16/09/2018)
Beni-Jomsom
road ‘unsafe’, by Hari Krishna Gautam (rep
15/09/2018)
Negligence
by Pappu and Kancharam makes Rajbiraj-Kunauli road
miserable, by Jitendra Kumar Jha (rep 15/09/2018)
Of
roads and revenue: Despite raising billions in taxes
from the use of infrastructure and on vehicles, the
annual budget for the repair, maintenance and
improvement of the Valley’s roads remains inadequate,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 12/09/2018)
Landslides
block Narayanghat-Mugling road at several places,
by Sabita Shrestha (rep 12/09/2018)
Mainstream
electric
vehicles with law: Nepal urgently needs an electric
vehicle policy and infrastructure to cope with rapid
development of EVs and to reduce air pollution and oil
import, by Subhechchha Bhatta (rep 11/09/2018)
Dashain
becomes
a bargaining chip: Transport entrepreneurs refuse to
open advance bookings for the festival until
government unfreezes their bank accounts, by
Sanjeev Giri and Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 10/09/2018) [Not the rule of law and free
market economy shall be enforced but syndicates and
corruption!?]
Right
of way: The road expansion did not help motorised
transport much, instead it actively harmed pedestrians,
by Pranaya SJB Rana (kp 10/09/2018)
Small
vehicle imports surge despite mass transportation
push: e-rickshaw imports up 549 percent (rep
10/09/2018)
Pedestrians
flee as sewage floods city streets, by Anup Ojha
(kp 08/09/2018)
Lack
of bridge makes road 'useless' for locals, by
Bhagishwar Limbu (rep 08/09/2018)
Miteri
bridge in fragile state (kp 07/09/2018)
Transport
syndicate: Bus operators want bank accounts unfrozen;
Booking delayed for Dashain trip, by Chandan Kumar
Mandal (kp 06/09/2018)
Plan
to
build 14 highway rest places for drivers: Each rest
place to cost Rs 450,000; Government releases Rs 6.3
million; Three rest places for Province 2 (kp
06/09/2018)
Bridge
constructed in Sindhuli well before deadline, by
Anil Bhandari (rep 06/09/2018)
Poor
state of road affects tourist inflow (kp
05/09/2018)
Karnali
Highway: More hassles than relief (rep
05/09/2018), Authorities
'indifferent' to pathetic condition of Karnali Highway,
by Pabitra Kumar Shahi (rep 07/09/2018)
Never-ending
projects: Road construction is locked in a perpetual
cycle of incompetence (kp 05/09/2018)
Kathmandu-Tarai
Expressway: Nepal Army yet to find consultant for DPR,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 04/09/2018)
Kathmandu
road repair: ‘Over 60 percent’ of PM’s orders unheeded
(kp 04/09/2018) [What about
the separation of powers and responsibilities under
them federal system? KMC should be responsible fpr the
repair of Kathmandu roads!]
Darchula
residents use risky Tuin to cross Mahakali River,
by Manoj Badu (kp 04/09/2018)
The
Naubise-Nagdhunga ‘nightmare’, by Sarita Shrestha
(kp 04/09/2018)
Rural
Road Maintenance, by Hari Bahadur Thapa (rn
03/09/2018)
Rasuwagadhi
road to reopen from Monday, by Himnath Devkota
(rep 03/09/2018)
Nepal,
China
to study Tatopani border: Move to revive customs
office; Dry port construction picks up pace with 50
percent of Customs building, warehouse and parking
complete; The project will build a border inspection
building, cargo warehouse, litigation-warehouse, a
parking lot with a capacity of accommodating at
least 158 large containers and 33 cars (kp
02/09/2018)
Prithivi
Highway faces routine obstruction from mudslides,
by Sarita Shrestha (rep 02/09/2018)
With
bridge left incomplete, road linkage seems distant for
Chepang villages, by Naraharii Sapkota (rep
02/09/2018)
Summit
Affects Public Travel: Public, urban planners slam
government, by Nayak Paudel (kp 01/09/2018)
Road
connectivity promotes agro products of Jumla, by
DB Budha (rep 01/09/2018)
Road
obstructed for past two months (ht 01/09/2018)
Odd-even
rule
hinders daily life: Traffic was brought to a grinding
halt to facilitate the VIP motorcades which added to
the public’s woes, by Anup Ojha (kp 30/08/2018)
Plastic
roads: The way forward?, by Vikash Raj Satyal (ht
30/08/2018)
For
two-wheelers, lane means nothing, by Nayak Paudel
(kp 29/08/2018)
Commuters
fume as KMC closes Khula Manch for four days (kp
29/08/2018)
‘Recklessness
main cause of Valley road accidents’ (kp
27/08/2018)
Department
of Roads develop software to monitor contractors
(kp 27/08/2018)
Deplorable
road
affects Nagarkot entrepreneurs: Local bussinessmen
blame Shailung Construction for the sharp decline in
tourist numbers, by Anup Ojha (kp 26/08/2018)
Say
no
to syndicate:The decision to end syndicate was right
and just but the government did not have a concrete
plan to implement it, by Ashish Gajurel (rep
26/08/2018)
Province
3
wants to build tunnel road on its own: The cost of the
national pride project has gone up due to delay in
construction (ht 25/08/2018)
Reforming
Public Transportation, by Hira Bahadur Thapa (rn
24/08/2018)
Metropolis
to issue tender for mutli-storey parking (kp
24/08/2018)
Daytime
road repair causing huge traffic jams, by Diya
Dhakal and Deepanjali Khadka (rep 24/08/2018), Odd-even
vehicle movement for three days (kp 25/08/2018) [Unbelievable procedures for a
handful of foreign visitors: Nepali citizens first!]
Tripureshwor-Kalanki-Nagdhunga
road expansion: Watchdog slams agencies for delays (kp
23/08/2018)
Landslides
and floods disrupt Kodari Highway, by Anish Tiwari
(kp 22/08/2018)
Bridge
swept away in Bahrabise Bazaar (kp 20/08/2018)
Monsoon
further deteriorates Postal Highway, by Arjun Oli
(rep 20/08/2018)
Rasuwagadhi
trade route remains shut due to bridge damage, by
Himnath Devkota (rep 19/08/2018), Nepal-China
road link severed: Transportation disrupted along
Pasang Lhamu Highway after floods damaged a bridge,
by Krishna Thapa (kp 20/08/2018), 1,200
container trucks stranded in Kerung, by Balaram
Ghimire (kp 22/08/2018), Trishuli-Betrawati
traffic resumes (kp 22/08/2018), Rasuwa
residents decry authorities’ delay in opening
obstructed road (kp 24/08/2018), Repair
works of Raswuagadhi route begins, by Himnath
Devkota (rep 26/08/2018), Division
office starts repairing Dhunche-Syaphrubeshi road
(kp 28/08/2018)
Renewing
My Driving License, by Siddhi B Ranjitkar (km
20/08/2018)
Nepal’s
maiden underpass to start operation in Kalanki today
(ht 17/08/2018), Kalanki
underpass opens for public, by Anup Ojha (kp
18/08/2018), Drivers,
commuters, police delighted by the opening of
underpass at Kalanki, by Biken K Dawadi (rep
22/08/2018), Traffic
jams resume as Kalanki subway closes (kp
23/08/2018) [??]
Ahead
of BIMSTEC, govt begins repairing capital roads,
by Deepanjali Khadka (rep 17/08/2018) [It
is
a crime to continue to improve roads that are in
relatively good condition for foreign state guests,
instead of repairing the roads used daily by the local
population and destroyed for years because of the
laying of water pipes!]
Need
for introducing International Driving Permit stressed
(ht 17/08/2018)
Auto
registration exceeds three-million mark (ht
17/08/2018)
Beni-Jomsom
road closed after being severely damaged by flood and
landslides, by Hari Krishna Gautam (rep
16/08/2018)
India
grants Rs 470m for Postal Highway Project (kp
15/08/2018)
Process
to appoint contractor for Nagdhunga tunnel starts
(kp 15/08/2018)
High-tech,
low-emission
buses replace micros: The total cost of the project is
$22.37 million, with the Nepal government contributing
$7.9 million (kp 14/08/2018), All
aboard: Introduction of the high-tech, low-emission
buses could help reduce pollution (kp 15/08/2018)
Sarcastic
Thapa
demands different hotels for BIMSTEC delegates: Thapa
said that such move would help repairing the potholes
overnight just to please the visiting delegates
(rep) [Great idea! Another
option would be to move the government quarter and the
houses of the politicians to the outskirts of the
city, where the streets have been destroyed years ago
by the administration/government! That this situation
has not improved is another "achievement" of the Oli
govt!]
Reckless
negligence: 'Tree ambush' on a blacktopped road,
by Dil Bahadur Chhatyal and Pushpa Raj Joshi (rep
14/08/2018)
Mid-Hills
Highway: Delays dog Diktel-Halesi road section:
Black-topping still incomplete despite multiple
deadline extension, by Daman Rai (rep 13/08/2018)
Koteshwor,
Kalanki road project ‘nears completion’ (kp
13/08/2018)
Delay
in repairing subsided road hampers traffic, by
Sabita Shrestha (rep 13/08/2018)
Death
rides
a bike in the Valley: More than 60 percent of all
accidents in Kathmandu Valley either involve
motorcyles or scooters, by Anup Ojha (kp
12/08/2018), Seven
people die every day in road accidents in Nepal
(kp 12/08/2018)
28
households of Hungi at risk of displacement due to
haphazard road construction, by Mukti Prasad
Neupane (rep 12/08/2018)
Discussions
to
be held on reopening Tatopani route: After the
Tatopani-Khasa overland route was closed, a major
portion of Nepal-China trade is being conducted
through Kolkata port (kp 11/08/2018)
Where
sidewalk ends: People, not vehicles, should be allowed
to reclaim the urban environment (kp 10/08/2018)
Government
plans to build underpass at New Baneshwor (kp
09/08/2018)
Four
die in highway collision (kp 09/08/2018)
Kathmandu
roads
get a facelift ahead of key summit: Authorities get
the urge to plug potholes whenever major international
events happen, by Sanjeev Giri (kp 08/08/2018) [In order to welcome Nepalese citizens
and the much needed tourists,
the govt and administration should better repair the numerous
city roads that have been destroyed years ago, instead of repairing smaller road
damages in the inner city only to impress foreign
politicians!]
Disasters
and Road Safety, by Gokul Pokhrel (rn 08/08/2018)
Apply
the brakes: The govt must act strict and not free
errant drivers after they pay a fine (kp
07/08/2018)
Rural
roads: Repaired in winter but unfit for monsoon,
by Bhim Chapagain and Bhagiswar Limbu (rep 07/08/2018)
Thapa
calls for contract termination of under-performing
companies (kp 06/08/2018)
Govt
to
gather data on tuin crossings: The ministry is also
preparing to survey places in the country where a
suspension bridge has to replace tuin immediately
(kp 05/08/2018), Rivers
without bridges: The govt move to replace wire bridges
is a welcome step, but it should walk the talk (kp
06/08/2018)
Khalanga
landslips halt traffic, 48 homes at risk, by Bhim
Bahadur Singh (kp 05/08/2018)
Damaged
bridge isolates Rasuwagadhi (kp 05/08/2018)
Monks
take initiative to fill the potholes of
Bauddha-Jorpati road, by Shyam Rai (rep
05/08/2018)
Landslide
Halts traffic on Pasang Lhamu Highway (kp
04/08/2018)
BP
Highway facing risk (ht 03/08/2018)
Global
tender
for Nagdhunga tunnel this month: DoR; The tunnel way
project has two components: Construction of a 2.45-km
tunnel from Basnetchhap to Sisne Khola, and a 2.6-km
approach road from Basnetchhap to Thankot (kp
02/08/2018)
Three
dead in lorry crash (kp 01/08/2018)
Rampant
increase in accidents in valley, by Bikan K Dawadi
(rep 31/07/2018)
Work
of upgrading postal road picks up pace (ht
31/07/2018)
Timure
bridge to be repaired urgently (kp 30/07/2018)
Kalanki-Nagdhunga
road: Mahaseth warns contractor: Irate residents vent
anger and frustration on minister during site visit
(kp 29/07/2018), Govt
tells
contractor to blacktop Kalanki-Nagdhunga road by Aug
28: To appeal SC order to pay compensation before
beginning road expansion work; Prime Minister KP Oli
is seriously dissatisfied with Minister for Physical
Infrastructure and Transportation Management Raghubir
Mahaseth for failing to improve the state of roads in
the Valley (rep 29/07/2018)
Damage
to
bridge halts traffic on Rasuwagadhi, Syaphrubesi road:
The local administration has banned all vehicles from
crossing the 51-metre bridge (kp 29/07/2018)
Eight
killed, 17 injured in bus-truck collision, by
Ramesh Kumar Paudel (kp 28/07/2018)
Separate
lanes for light and heavy vehicles on
Bhaktapur-Koteshwar road, by Kamal Raj Bhatta (rep
28/07/2018)
Police,
rickshaw operators clash in Bharatpur, by Ramesh
Kumar Poudel (kp 26/07/2018), 2
protesters, 14 police injured in protest by
three-wheelers, by Sabita Shrestha (rep
26/07/2018)
Chabahil
to
Sankhu road: Crews lay hume pipes on both sides of
road: Department of Roads leaves disputed areas while
asphalting road (kp 25/07/2018)
‘Operating
tippers at night riskier’, by Krishna Kisi (rep
25/07/2018)
Police
start using radar guns on Prithvi Highway, by
Shreehari Poudel (rep 25/07/2018)
Officials
smell rat in decision to entertain transporters’
liabilities (rep 24/07/2018)
Bridges
construction on Postal Highway delayed (rep
24/07/2018)
Cable
barriers installed at Muglin-Naryangadh road to
prevent crashes, by Ramesh Kumar Paudel (kp
23/07/2018)
'Tunnel
transportation system necessary for Karnali's
development' (rep 23/07/2018)
Three
killed in two road accidents (rep 23/07/2018)
NA
proposes change to Fast Track alignment (ht
21/07/2018)
Outer
Ring Road construction process halted (ht
21/07/2018)
282
transport firms listed after end to syndicate: Order
fails to make company registration mandatory, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 21/07/2018), Transporters
get five more months to come under Companies Act
(rep 21/07/2018), Govt
sets mid-Jan deadline for registration of transport
firms (kp 24/07/2018)
Children
in Province 7 still rely on tuins to go to school
(rep 21/07/2018)
Parks,
not parking lots: Exemplary community effort to
restore open space gives hope for a greener Kathmandu,
by Duksangh Sherpa (nt 20/07/2018)
Vehicle
emission test: Govt to make test mandatory in metros
from next month (kp 20/07/2018)
Heavy
vehicles back on BP Highway, by Raj Kumar Karki
(kp 20/07/2018)
Seven
people die in jeep accident (kp 19/07/2018)
Pappu
Construction faces blacklist threat, by Prithvi
Man Shrestha (kp 19/07/2018)
Roads
that don’t meet criteria increasing landslide risk in
Okhaldhunga district (ht 19/07/2018)
Bridge
in limbo as contractor company, workers flee project
site in Panchthar (19/07/2018)
Traffic
police clamps time-card on heavy vehicles and lane
order (kp 18/07/2018)
Road
classrooms teach traffic lessons for free: Jaywalkers
learn rules as road safety drive begins (kp
17/07/2018)
Heavy
vehicles on left lane only on Jagati-Koteshwar road
from today, by Biken K Dawadi (rep 17/07/2018)
NOC
completes
locking system on tanker fleet: In a bid to control
fuel theft and leakage en-route, NOC had started
installing security locking systems four months ago,
by Ajit Tiwari (kp 16/07/2018)
Traffic
police start campaign against jaywalking, by Bikan
K Dawadi (rep 16/07/2018)
Kathmandu
Ring Road improvement: DoR waits on China to begin 2nd
phase of road project (kp 15/07/2018)
Managing
urban traffic, by Keshav Bhattarai (rep
15/07/2018)
Transport
operators block vehicles on BP Highway, by Anil
Bhandari (rep 15/07/2018), Sindhuli
businessmen
protest prohibition on heavy vehicles; On June 4, the
SC had ordered the authorities concerned to only allow
10-tonne goods carriers and 18-seat passenger vehicles
on BP Highway (kp 16/07/2018)
Tipper
kills teen in Kalimati (kp 15/07/2018), Accidents
involving tippers unabated in capital (rep
15/07/2018)
Landslide
obstructs Kodari Highway (kp 14/07/2018)
Jeep
crash leaves 5 dead, 8 injured (kp 14/07/2018)
CCTV
cameras come in aid to track traffic rules violators,
by Bikan K. Dawadi (rep 14/07/2018)
Rain
affects vehicular movement (kp 13/07/2018)
Licence
to kill: Govt needs to rein in trucks running amok on
streets leaving a trail of carnage (kp 13/07/2018)
Ministry
bans tippers during day in the Valley (kp
12/07/2018)
Where
rivers flow: Bouddha residents see lighter side of
life during monsoon ordeal on roads (kp
12/07/2018)
New
Narayangadh-Muglin road cracks and sinks from the edge
(kp 12/07/2018), 20
meters of Narayanghat- Mugling road subsides 1 foot,
by Sabita Shrestha (rep 12/07/2018)
Okhaldhunga
rural roads in sorry state (ht 12/07/2018)
‘Transport
syndicate a thing of the past’ (ht 12/07/2018)
Mid-hills
Highway in a sorry state, by Giriraj Baskota (rep
11/07/2018), Where
is the progress? Sorry state of Mid-hill Highway
(rep 12/07/2018)
What
delayed the construction of Nepal's first arc bridges?,
by Biken K Dawadi (rep 11/07/2018)
Haphazard
road construction destroying unique heritages (ht
11/07/2018)
Vehicles
obstructed after bridge collapse (ht 10/07/2018)
Month
into
operation recently widened Narayangadh-Muglin road
cracks up: Consultant engineer Pushkar Regmi says a
simple repair is not going to fix the damaged road,
by Ramesh Kumar Poudel (kp 09/07/2018)
When
will this pit get repaired?, by Diya Dhakal (rep
09/07/2018)
Traffic
police seek installation of traffic lights in Pokhara,
by Dhan Basnet (rep 09/07/2018)
After
Khokana, Bungamati protests expressway works, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 08/07/2018)
Hilsa-Simikot
road construction set to resume soon, by Jay
Bahadur Rokaya (kp 08/07/2018)
Govt
constructing six-lane highway without arranging
diversion, by Pushparaj Joshi (rep 07/07/2018)
20
workers killed in Mustang truck accident, by
Ghanashyam Khadka (kp 07/07/2018), Slow
rescue work blamed for high death toll, by Santosh
Pokharel and Dinesh Subedi (rep 08/07/2018),
Govt
to provide Rs 500,000 relief to tipper accident victim
families (rep 10/07/2018), Woman
lost all 4 offspring in Mustang tipper truck crash,
by Dinesh Subedi (rep 11/07/2018), Deadly
roads: Death of workers in tipper accident (rep
11/07/2018), Province
to provide Rs 50,000 to family of each tipper accident
dead, by Bishan Chhetri (rep 12/07/2018)
Nepal-China
tibet trade facilitation committee meeting: China for
conducting field study to reopen Tatopani (kp
08/07/2018)
6
Indian nationals die in jeep crash (kp 04/07/2018)
Home
Ministry’s action spurs DoR to act against tardy
contractors, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
03/07/2018)
Careless
drivers, negligent government: 10 percent increase in
road accidents involving 2 wheelers, by Biken K
Diwadi (rep 03/07/2018)
Roads
in Kathmandu resemble waterways during monsoon, by
Diya Dhakal (rep 03/07/2018)
Road
linking Rajbiraj airport in sorry state (ht
03/07/2018)
Govt
to initiate study for more tunnel roads (kp
02/07/2018)
Govt
shows flexibility to transport bodies (ht
02/07/2018)
Living
in an unjust city: Democracy is measured by the state
of the sidewalk, not the number of wide roads, by
Prashanta Khanal (kp 01/07/2018)
Narayangadh-Mugling
road: Work halted at three landslide-prone areas
(ht 01/07/2018)
Top
court bans vehicles more than 10 tonnes on BP Highway
(kp 30/06/2018)
No
Valley entry from July 17 for vehicles failing
pollution test (rep 30/06/2018)
NC
cadres plant rice saplings on muddy road (ht
30/062018)
SC
puts brake on road expansion (kp 30/06/2018)
Solukhumbu
car crash kills seven people (kp 30/06/2018)
Risky
roads, by Swasti Gautam (rep 29/06/2018)
Payment
delay
‘stalls 800 bridges’: Contractors complete 88
bridges; Department of Roads and Finance Ministry spar
over meagre budget, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
28/06/2018)
Daily
landslides plague travelers on Mugling-Narayanghat
road: 314 big and small landslides occurred during
last year, by Sabita Shrestha (rep 28/06/2018)
Causeway
collapses within 10 days of construction, by
Mithilesh Yadav (rep 27/06/2018)
Construction
of bridge over Mardi River in full swing, by Kisan
Sangeet Nepali (rep 27/06/2018)
Stray
animals a serious threat to commuters' safety, by
Biken K Dawadi (rep 26/06/2018)
Kathmandu-Nighgard
fast track construction IL&FS claims Rs 2.37bn
compensation for DPR (ht 25/06/2018)
Women
crew ensure traffic flows in rains, by Pratap
Bista (kp 24/06/2018)
Pedalling
through perdition: Cycling could be the way to go for
a cleaner and greener Kathmandu, by Dipendra
Gautam (kp 24/06/2018)
Time
card to be implemented along Muglin road (ht
23/06/2018)
KMC
to track public vehicles using GPS (kp 22/06/2018)
2,318
killed in road accidents in 11 months (rep
22/06/2018)
Majority
of transport bodies yet to get registered at OCR
(ht 22/06/2018)
Roads
Dept readying to invite tender for tunnel (kp
21/06/2018)
Decision
to ban larger vehicles on BP Highway challenged in
court (rep 20/06/2018)
Deluge
turns Bouddha road into a ‘paddy field’ (kp
19/06/2018)
Landslide
threat looms over Liping, Tatopani, by Anish
Tiwari (kp 19/06/2018)
Pokhara
Lakeside no more a no-vehicle zone, by Santosh
Pokhrel (rep 19/06/2018)
Kathmandu-Tarai
expressway project: Nepal Army shortlists six firms to
prepare DPR (kp 17/06/2018)
Budget
crunch affects construction of road (ht
17/06/2018)
Govt
halts road works for monsoon (kp 16/06/2018)
Truck-microbus
collision kills 4 people in Chitwan (kp
16/06/2018)
Poor
rescue mechanism causing more casualties, property
loss on highways (ht 14/06/2018)
Govt
vows to issue over 300,000 driving licences by
mid-August (kp 13/06/2018)
Transportation
cost still the same despite end of syndicates (rep
13/06/2018)
Locals
face the brunt due to delay in blacktopping roads
(rep 11/06/2018)
Narayangadh,
Mugling road facelift soon (kp 10/06/2018)
Automobile
mechanics urged to repair vehicles responsibly (ht
10/06/2018)
Kalanki-Koteshwor
road project: Authority extends deadline third time,
by Anup Ojha (kp 09/06/2018)
Task
force starts work to resolve transport issues (kp
08/06/2018)
Five
dead, eight hurt in separate road accidents (kp
08/06/2018)
Narayangadh-Muglin
road opens 24 hours, by Ramesh Kumar Paudel (kp
07/06/2018)
Once
quiet, Kathmandu is honking again!, by Dilasha KC
(rep 06/06/2018)
Majority
of city vehicles fail emission standards: Results show
422 diesel and 231 petrol vehicles cross permissible
levels, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 05/06/2018)
Paving
Paradise: Do we really need another highway in the
ecologically fragile Chure range? (kp 05/06/2018)
Kathmandu-Tarai
expressway: Defence minister-led panel to steer
project (kp 04/06/2018)
Ban
sought on 32-seater buses on BP Highway (ht
04/06/2018), Locals
dissatisfied with govt decision to allow heavy
vehicles on BP Highway, by Anil Bhandari (rep
04/06/2018), SC
orders govt to bar heavy vehicles from BP Highway
(kp 05/06/2018), Heavy
vehicles
defy top court, ply BP Highway: Bus service providers
and crusher operators have allegedly co-opted local
administrations to ensure the apex court’s order is
not enforced, by Raj Kumar Karki (kp 08/06/2018),
No
entry for heavy vehicles on BP Highway, by Raj
Kumar Karki (kp 09/06/2018), Heavy
vehicle ban on BP Highway hits supply of petroleum
products, construction materials (ht 11/06/2018),
Transport
entrepreneurs stage protest in Ramechhap (ht
15/06/2018), Ramechhap
businessmen protest heavy vehicles’ ban on BP Highway
(kp 17/06/2018)
Mahaseth
working to lift ban on 20-yr-old vehicles (rep
04/06/2018) [??]
Four
years
on, Kamalbinayak-Nagarkot road construction still
incomplete: Construction company has already received
three deadline extensions (rep 04/06/2018)
258
youths killed in valley road crashes in three years
(ht 03/06/2018), Deaths
on
roads: Despite sharp rise in number of accidents and
deaths, we are still too slow to recognise road safety
as an issue (ht 04/06/2018)
Traffic
Police vow to enforce reforms: Division to implement
82-point Home Adminstration Reform Plan (kp
02/06/2018), Traffic
cops to treat hit-and-run cases more seriously (ht
02/06/2018)
Tall
in
the saddle: Even today, horses are cherished
associates of Kathmandu’s traffic police and remain
indispensable for managing traffic in a heavily
congested city, by Abijeet Pant (kp 02/06/2018)
Fast
track construction a whole new ball game for Nepali
Army, by Jagdishor Panday (ht 02/06/2018)
12
dead, 15 hurt as bus plunges 150m in Palpa (ht
01/06/2018), 14
killed, 9 injured in Palpa bus accident, by Madhav
Aryal (kp 02/06/2018)
Green
activists slam Chure road plan, by Chandan Kumar
Mandal (kp 01/06/2018)
Villagers
build 6km long road selling wives’ ornaments, by
Jagat Khadka (rep 01/06/2018)
Postal
Highway project unlikely to meet Feb 2019 deadline,
by Bhawani Bhatta (kp 31/05/2018)
Four
killed, seven injured in jeep-plunge in Dadeldhura
(ht 30/05/2018)
Doti
jeep crash kills 4 people (kp 30/05/2018)
About
time: Wider roads will mean nothing if it threatens
people (kp 29/05/2018)
Experts
question the logic behind one more highway in Chure
area, by Pushpa Raj Acharya (ht 29/05/2018)
14
bridges to be built with World Bank loan (kp
29/05/2018)
Four-wheeler
imports surge by twofold, by Shankar Acharya (kp
28/05/2018)
Kalanki
subway ‘to open on June 29’, by Anup Ojha (kp
27/05/2018)
Mailung-Syaphrubesi
road section closed for safety reason (kp
27/05/2018)
Ring
Road part ‘death trap’, by Anup Ojha (kp
26/05/2018)
230,511
people of Province 7 still rely on tuins to cross
rivers, by Pushparaj Joshi (rep 26/05/2018)
Commuting
in
a lawless country: The proof of the pudding is in the
eating. It will not be long before we know if this
‘government of the proletariat’ will bring about
changes to a public transport sector mired with greed
and misconduct, by Mohan Guragain (kp 26/05/2018)
Right
to the streets: They are building roads that connect
cities, and not city streets that connect people,
by Barsha Chitrakar (kp 25/05/2018)
Policing
traffic chaos: Traffic police should persist with the
campaign against offenders (kp 25/05/2018)
3
killed as truck hits scooter in Bhaktapur (kp
24/05/2018)
Work
halted after ward chair thrashes project engineers
(ht 24/05/2018)
KMC
to start digital parking (kp 24/05/2018)
Mugling-Narayanghat
contractors seek deadline extensions, by Sabita
Shrestha (rep 23/05/2018), Govt
to probe Muglin road construction delay (ht
23/05/2018)
Highway
named after late communist leader, by Umesh Poudel
(ht 22/05/2018)
Contractors
continue making sub-standard road in Rautahat: Locals,
by Madan Thakur (rep 22/05/2018)
NA
hands over track to north, by Balaram Ghimire (kp
21/05/2018), Shortest
route to Rasuwagadhi opens (ht 21/05/2018)
Bridges
replace Dhading’s risky tuins, by Sarita Shrestha
(rep 21/05/2018)
Traffic
police get tough on rule violators (kp
21/05/2018), Police
start
taking action against overloaded passenger vehicles:
Public vehicles violating traffic rules to be fined up
to Rs 3000 (rep 21/05/2018)
Taxis
without billing system face action (ht
21/05/2018), Police
crack down on taxis plying sans invoice printers
(kp 22/05/2018)
Road
accidents kill five and injure 15 people (kp
20/05/2018)
Road
construction elates Chure area locals in Siraha
(ht 20/05/2018)
A
road is changing life of Jumla residents, by DB
Buda (rep 20/05/2018)
MTPD
helpline receives around 35,000 complaints on traffic
rules violation (ht 20/05/2018)
Ministry
transfers
official who crushed bus cartels: Motive questioned as
Transport Department DG Rupnarayan Bhattarai is
recalled (kp 19/05/2018) [Step
to safeguard syndicates and corruption??], Government
tightens
noose on public transport committees: Ministry seeks
info on properties that go to state coffers after
mid-July (kp 20/05/2018), Minister
Mahaseth denies
politics in DG Bhattarai’s transfer (kp
23/05/2018) [What else?],
Former
DoTM DG Bhattarai back at MoPIT again (ht
29/05/2018)
Traffic
police book over 500 taxi drivers, by Anup Ojha
(kp 19/05/2018)
Dhobikhola
Corridor turns into illegal car park (kp
19/05/2018)
Muglin
road
contractors ask for another 40 days: The deadline for
the first section ended on May 10 while the deadlines
for the second and third sections will expire on May
20 and 30 respectively (kp 18/05/2018)
Govt
preparing to hike traffic fine by up to 600 per cent
(ht 18/05/2018)
Govt
cranks up heat on transport committees (kp
17/05/2018)
City
to buy five modern road cleaning machines Kathmandu
Metropolis receives 7 bids for broomers (kp
16/05/2018)
Bus
falls in ditch injuring 50 people (kp 16/05/2018)
Only
300 20-year-old public vehicles de-registered, by
Ayam Shrestha (rep 15/05/2018)
Over
150 operators register as company (kp 14/05/2018)
Road
accidents on the rise (ht 14/05/2018)
5
people die in Pyuthan bus crash, by Giru Prasad
Bhandari (kp 14/05/2018)
Bagmati,
Dhobikhola bridge work crawls: Department of Roads
official says contractors cite excuses for the delays
(kp 13/05/2018)
Koteshwor-Kalanki
stretch: Road expansion to complete only after monsoon
(kp 11/05/2018)
No
city for cyclists, by Sewa Bhattarai (nt
11/05/2018)
Kalanki
subway ‘to open around end of June’: Kathmandu Ring
Road Improvement Project engineer says 95 percent work
complete, by Anup Ojha (kp 09/05/2018)
Ending
the Syndicates, by Narayan Upadhyay (rn
09/05/2018), Govt
starts process to form task force, by Chandan
Kumar Mandal (kp 10/05/2018), Minister
vows to end cartels and put in jail its supporters
(kp 10/05/2018), Transport
Syndicates Giving In, by Uttam Maharjan (rn
10/05/2018)
Govt
eliminates cartels: Transport minister announces
decision of dialogue with bus operators (kp
08/05/2018), Transport
entrepreneurs
pen five-point pactIt envisions ending all
syndicate-related activities in domestic
transportation sector, by Sujan Dhunbana (ht
08/05/2018)
Company
vows better services at GongabuBus commuters welcome
Lhoste company’s new approach (kp 08/05/2018)
Indian
firm seeks Rs3b for expressway DPR, by Bibek
Subedi (kp 08/05/2018)
Transport
strike flops: Route permits revoked n Key transport
federation official in police net, by Chandan
Kumar Mandal (kp 05/05/2018), Government
to
freeze strikers’ bank accounts: Anti-Money Laundering
Dept asked to probe assets of bus operators;
Anti-Money Laundering Dept asked to probe assets of
bus operators (kp 05/05/2018), Govt
strikes
back at striking transporters: To probe their assets;
Route permit of vehicles that stayed off the roads to
be suspended (ht 05/05/2018), Dozens
held for striking in favour of transport syndicate
(ht 05/05/2018), Transport
operators freed on compliance promise, by Chandan
Kumar Mandl (kp 07/05/2018)
Govt
plans
tender call to blacktop Mailung road: The highway to
China links Galchhi, Trishuli and Rasuwagadhi and is
82 km long. The department said it would initiate the
public procurement process to appoint a contractor
within three weeks (kp 04/05/2018)
Pathlaiya-Birgunj
road-widening drive halted (ht 04/05/2018)
20k
electric rickshaws imported in last fiscal (kp
04/05/2018)
Kathmandu-Bhaktapur
Trolley Bus: (Born: 1975, Allowed to die: 2009),
by Peter Francon-Smith (nt 04/05/2018)
Construction
of Birgunj-Pathaliya six-lane road in limbo, by
Upendra Yadav (rep 03/05/2018)
‘Govt
firm against syndicate’ (ht 02/05/2018), Supporters
of transport cartel keen for talks with authority
(kp 03/05/2018), 50
companies
defy syndicate’s strike call, to continue services:
The DoTM has confirmed that necessary security
arrangements have been made in conjunction with
the District Administration Office for the
transport companies to ply their bus services in
all 77 districts, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
04/05/2018)
Mugling-Narayanghat
road:
Why earlier bid was terminated: Termination incurred a
loss of Rs 1 billion and a time overrun of one year,
by Rudra Pangebi (rep 02/05/2018)
KTM-Tarai
fast track: 17 firms apply for expressway DPR (kp
01/05/2018)
4
die in separate road accidents (kp 01/05/2018)
Nepal-B’desh
will be linked by tunnel way’ (kp 30/04/2018) [???]
Children
at higher risk of road accidents (ht 30/04/2018)
Narayanghat-Muglin
project: Highway project cost to jump by Rs 320m
(kp 28/04/2018), Narayanghat-Mugling
road likely to miss yet another deadline, by
Sabita Shrestha (rep 29/04/2018)
Global
bids
to be called for Nagdhunga tunnel: The tunnel and
approach road are expected to cut travel time over the
mountainous route from Nagdhunga to Naubise, the main
gateway to Kathmandu (kp 28/04/2018)
Transport
entrepreneurs line up to register their firms at OCR
(ht 26/04/2018), Stay
the course: Govt’s early move to break transport
cartel should continue (kp 27/04/2018), Ending
the Transport Syndicate, by Kushal Pokharel (rn
28/04/2018)
Humla
to be linked with road connectivity under UK govt’s
Rural Access Programme (ht 25/04/2018)
Transport
syndicates collect fees illegally, by Bhushan
Yadav (kp 24/04/2018)
Next,
taxis ‘will have to register as company: ’Transport
minister vows crackdown on all cartels (kp
24/04/2018),
Is govt overlooking syndicate in cab services?, by
Sujan Dhungana (ht 24/04/2018)
Kathmandu-Tarai
expressway: Govt to form mechanism to facilitate
project (kp 24/04/2018)
Police
apprehend five men for attacking Mayur driver (kp
24/04/2018)
Firms
garaging buses to lose permit, by Chandan Kumar
Mandal (kp 23/04/2018), Fuel
transporters back off from protests (ht
23/04/2018)
End
of transport syndicate can bring down price of daily
consumables, by Rudra Pangeni (rep 23/04/2018)
Illegal
road being built in the dark (ht 23/04/2018)
Luxury
buses
dominate East-West highway route: These buses feature
a wide assortment of entertainment options from leD
TVs, ACs and Wifi. They are also starting to allocate
special seats for differently-abled people, women and
old people (kp 21/04/2018)
Newly
installed traffic lights go kaput (ht 20/04/2018)
Stray
cattle menace haunts motorists (ht 19/04/2018)
Public
transport operators not yet in tax net: Registration
as companies is expected to widen net (rep
19/04/2018), Scrapping
transport
syndicate to bring ‘billions’ under tax net: Annuala
transactions in public transport sector stand at over
Rs 200 billion (ht 21/04/2018)
Mid-sized
buses to ply Gongabu-Sinamangal road from mid-June,
by Ayam Shrestha (rep 19/04/2018)
Makeshift
bamboo bridge collapses, locals hit (ht
19/04/2018)
Drive
it
off: As the government has already initiated against
syndicate in transport sector, it now must work to end
cartels in others sectors as well (ht 19/04/2018)
Kanti
Highway upgrade likely to finish by Oct, by Pratap
Bista (kp 17/04/2018)
Transporters
to protest govt move to end syndicate in the sector
(ht 17/04/2018), No
renewal, listing of transport committees (kp
18/04/2018), Govt
moves against cartels, not to renew transport
committees, by Ram Saran Tamang (rep 18/04/2018),
Transport
syndicate threatens to halt service, by Santosh
Pokharel (rep 18/04/2018), Five
transport forums to defy govt crackdown on cartels
(kp 19/04/2018), Transporters
announce
protest activities: Govt to freeze bank accounts of
those halting public transportation services; Drivers,
co-drivers not to participate in transporters’ strike
(ht 19/04/2018), MoHA
warns against transport strike (ht 19/04/2018), Transporters
announce
series of protests: If the transport entrepreneurs
halted their services, the government plans to
commandeer the vehicles and operate them using
security personnel, by Ram Saran Tamang (rep
19/04/2018), Transport
committees show ‘signs of retreat’, by Chandan
Kumar Mandal (kp 20/04/2018), Bus
owners use political nexus: Rift among entrepreneurs n
Govt ‘firm’ on action, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
21/04/2018)
Regulator
defers plan to ban vehicles (kp 15/04/2018)
Govt
may reroute expressway if it fails to acquire land in
Khokana (kp 15/04/2018)
Police
issue 1,949 tickets to drivers on NY weekend (kp
15/04/2018)
Wide
roads do not A Great city make, by Pranaya SJB
Rana (kp 14/04/2018)
Short-cut
to Rasuwagadhi: The new route to China border from
Kathmandu is just 122 kilometers, by Himnath
Devkota (rep 14/04/2018)
Govt
to review routes, route permits for public vehicles
(ht 14/04/2018)
DoR
to build Chure Highway in 10 years (ht 14/04/2018)
Distribution
of smart driving licences to resume next week (ht
13/04/2018)
Kalanki
underpass ‘will be ready in two months’, by Anup
Ojha (kp 12/04/2018)
Driving
syndicate off: More needs to be done, by Ramesh
Ghimire (ht 10/04/2018), Plan
to
end transport monopoly: Home Ministry proposes not
renewing registration of transport entrepreneurs’
committees from next fiscal (kp 11/04/2018), Opening
the market: Government move to break transport cartels
is welcome but it needs to sustain its campaign
(kp 12/04/2012)
8
killed in separate road accidents (kp 10/04/2018)
Motorable
road reaches remote Khadang village in Dolpa (kp
10/04/2018)
Competition
promotion board fails to curb cartels, by Rajesh
Khanal (kp 09/04/2018), DoTM
opens route permits across country (ht 09/04/2018)
Construction
of North-South highway moves ahead swiftly, by
Madhav Aryal (kp 08/04/2018)
Nagdhunga
tunnel one step closer to construction (kp
07/04/2018)
Expressway
report bids open on April 12 (kp 06/04/2018)
Roads
Dept seeks Rs2b loan to build 14 bridges, by Bibek
Subedi (kp 06/04/2018)
Postal
Highway design draws flak from locals, by Pawan
Yadav (kp 06/04/2018)
Five
new firms get permits to ply buses on Dhulikhel route,
by Anup Ojha (kp 05/04/2018), Govt
stands tough against cartel on Arniko Highway: While
the cartel intensifies its protest and shuts down
operations along Arniko Highway, the government awards
permits to other transport services operating the same
route, by Ram Saran Tamang (rep 05/04/2018), Bus
syndicate retreats after tough govt action, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 06/04/2018), Govt
set
to act against transport syndicate: Route permit
issued to eight new transport firms along
Kathmandu-Banepa road section (ht 06/04/2018), Route
permits
across country open to all: The recently amended
Transport Management Directives-2004 allows any
company to get route permits in any parts of the
country, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 07/04/2018)
Suspension
bridges in want of repairs (ht 04/04/2018)
Sewer
job
makes mess of inner Old Baneshwor areas:
Residents complain of mobility hindrance, damaged
water pipeline and pollution (kp 03/04/2018)
Road
upgradation
project grounds to a halt in Birgunj: The JV of
Sharma, Diwa and United Builders has gone rogue with
no work done in last three months, by Shanker
Acharya (kp 02/04/2018)
China
to open Kimathanka, Olangchungola border points
(ht 02/04/2018)
Khokana
locals stage protest (ht 02/04/2018)
‘Contractor
used sub-standard blacktopping materials’ (ht
02/04/2018)
Beni-Jomsom
road closed for 8 hrs a day, by Ghanashyam Khadka
(kp 01/04/2018)
Postal
Highway
contractor goes rogue, works stalled: Ganapati
Construction Service has shown lacklustre effort with
no work done in the last one month, by Kamal
Panthi (kp 01/04/2018)
Upgradation
of Syabrubesi road to begin in August (kp
31/03/2018)
Mayur
Yatayat faces trouble for lowering transportation fare,
by Madhusudhan Guragain (rep 31/03/2018), Bus
cartels face tough sanctions (kp 01/04/2018), Registration
at DoTM must to avail new vehicle route permits: Stern
action to be taken against those promoting syndicate
(ht 02/04/2018), Syndicates
obstruct transportation on Araniko Highway, by
Madhusudhan Guragain (rep 03/04/2018), Banepa
residents scatter transport cartel: Bus owners plan to
block traffic fails, by Anup Ojha (kp 03/04/2018),
In
right
gear: Government’s new rule to drive off the syndicate
system, which has been the bane of country’s transport
sector, is a welcome move (ht 03/04/2018), Bus
committees to halt transport service protesting DoTM
decision (ht 04/04/2018), As
transport cartel intensifies protests, Mayur Yatayat
holds its ground (rep 04/04/2018)
Bus
crash
kills 2 and injures 45: Police say the bus
belonging to Dakshinkali Yatayat crashed at
Bhanjyang-3 after one of the front wheels came off
(kp 30/03/2018)
President's
motorcade wreaks havoc (rep 30/03/2018) [Just
like royal behaviour on the shoulders of the
citizens!!]
Byas
residents
demolish beam bridges built by India: Indian
authorities had built eight rudimentary bridges over
the Mahakali river in Darchula without consent from
the Nepali side, by Manoj Badu (kp 29/03/2018)
Locals
stage protest against road expansion: Six injured as
protesters clash with cops; Vehicles vandalised
(ht 29/03/2018), Hear
them out: The state must pay heed to locals and
conservationists and exercise restraint while dealing
with peaceful protest (ht 30/03/2018), Crackdown
on anti-road expansion protesters (nt 30/03/2018)
Smart
traffic lights go on trial run in city (kp
28/03/2018), Traffic
lights go kaput a day after being inaugurated (ht
30/03/2018)
Construction
of
high-tech fuel stations in limbo: Nepal Oil
Corporation has so far issued 30 licences to build
so-called ‘model petrol pumps’ (ht 27/03/2018), Step
on
the gas: nOC must ensure that those who have obtained
permits to set up high-tech fuel stations complete
construction on time (ht 28/03/2018)
Siraha
locals hopeful of timely completion of Hulaki Rajmarga,
by Mithilesh Yadav (rep 27/03/2018)
Jet
boat service started in Saptakoshi (ht 26/03/2018)
Police
set up patrols to catch speed demons on Ring Road
(kp 25/03/2018)
Fast
track alignment should be changed: AHRC (ht
25/03/2018)
The
end
of an era: Internal combustion engines had a great run
over the years, but now they are being outstripped by
electric vehicles, by Parash Deep Subedi (kp
25/03/2018)
2,000
houses in Janakpur face wrecking ball (kp
25/03/2018)
Two
Panchthar roads to be blacktopped (ht 24/03/2018)
Muglin
road project gets three-month extension (kp
23/03/2018), ‘Muglin
road to be ready by May’ (kp 26/03/2018)
Road
project fails to gather momentum (ht 22/03/2018)
Lakeside
all set for no-vehicle plan, by Deepak Pariyar (kp
18/03/2018), Lakeside
area to be made ‘no-go zone’ for vehicles: Vehicles
would not be allowed in the area from Hallan Chowk to
Barahi Chowk (ht 22/03/2018)
Postal
Highway project in Tarai slows to crawl, by
Santosh Singh (kp 17/03/2018)
‘Green
sticker' mandatory from mid-April (ht 16/03/2018),
Vehicle
exhaust test, green sticker to go nationwide (kp
17/03/2018)
Electrifying
transport: How near, or far, we are, by Devendra
Adhikari (ht 16/03/2018)
Narayanghat-Muglin
road project faces cost overrun, by Ramesh Kumar
Paudel (kp 15/03/2018)
Road safety becoming a challenge for Karnali Highway,
by DB Budha (rep 14/03/2018)
Transport
entrepreneurs to defy decision removing old vehicles
(ht 12/03/2018), 20-year-old
public vehicles to be banned from tomorrow (ht
14/03/2018), Ban
on vehicles older than 20 years kicks in (kp
15/03/2018), A
timely move: The aged vehicles belonging to private
and the government should also be phased out to bring
vehicular emission level at a permissible limit
(ht 15/03/2018), 59
old vehicles booked (kp 16/03/2018), Ban
on old vehicles hits eastern hill districts, by
Bhim Chapagain (rep 16/03/2018), Transport
officials book 79 old buses (kp 18/03/2018)
17,700
tempos registered in Fiscal Year 2016/17: Number is
higher than total registrations over past 28 years,
by Kushal Basnet (rep 12/03/2018)
Letter
to Lal Babu Pandit, by Prem Thapa (rep 11/03/2018)
Khokana
residents
protest against Kathmandu-Tarai Expressway: Brigadier
General Gokul Bhandari says Nepal Army will not leave
any stakeholder behind in this project and create a
win-win situation for all, by Chandan Kumar Mandal
(kp 08/03/2018), Khokana
residents
blame govt for displacing Newars: Conservationists
agree the infrastructure projects affect heritage and
religious sites, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
11/03/2018), Listen
to the people: Projects to jumpstart growth are
important, but socio-cultural sensibilities mustn’t be
hurt (kp 12/03/2018), Locals
of Khokana, Bungmati oppose expressway project (ht
14/03/2018)
Sajha
rolls out disabled-friendly bus in the Valley, by
Anup Ojha (kp 08/03/2018)
Butwal-Narayanghat
road improvement plan held up, by Navin Poudel (kp
08/03/2018)
Alternative
to
street-widening: It is unfortunate that while
elsewhere in the world people are advocating for ways
to create walkable neighborhoods, we are bulldozing
our already existing footpaths, by Supriya Joshi
(rep 07/03/2018)
Craving
clean
air: There is a need for regular vehicle emission
checks and automated traffic signals: simply banning
old vehicles won’t do, by Kanchan Mani Dixit (kp
07/03/2018)
Some
Tanahun villages still rely on tuin, by Shreehari
Paudel (rep 06/03/2018)
Govt
prepares
to fire two contractors of Kanti Highway: Amar
Construction and Sunkoshi Biruwa SL are likely to
default on their promise of blacktopping two road
segments within mid-July, by Pratap Bista (kp
05/03/2018)
DoR
building
7 bridges in Bardiya: Construction of bridges are
under way in Bhada, Man, Barbardiya, Lathuwa, Ambasa,
Kaligaudhi and Surajpur areas of the district, by
Kamal Panthi (kp 04/03/2018)
Accidents
up on roads not opened to traffic (ht 04/03/2018)
Nagdhunga-Naubise
tunnel: Govt to publish global tender for tunnel way
project (kp 04/03/2018)
Narayangadh-Muglin
road expansion: Contractors set to go for controlled
blasting, by Ramesh Kumar Paudel (kp 04/03/2018)
Confessions
of
a Kathmandu cyclist: The social and economic
validation motorised vehicle owners receive in society
unfortunately does not translate into civility and
courtesy on the roads, by Sanjay Sharma (kp
03/03/2018)
Construction
of Olangchung Gola Highway begins, by Ananda
Gautam (kp 02/03/2018)
Traffic
police book over 1,100 rule violators (kp
02/03/2018)
2
Chinese firms show interest in Outer Ring Road Project,
by Anup Ojha (kp 02/03/2018)
Naubise-Mugling
road to be widened, by Bibek Subedi (kp
02/03/2018)
Project
cost escalation bane of country’s development (kp
02/03/2018)
Imported
vehicles to meet Euro IV norms (ht 02/03/2018)
Valley
records 105 deaths in road accidents in six months
(ht 28/02/2018)
Government
to crack down on vehicles breaching emission limits
from April 14 (ht 28/02/2018)
Bus-truck
collision leaves one dead, 29 injured (kp
24/02/2018)
Syabrubesi
road upgrade slated to start in Oct, by Bibek
Subedi (kp 24/02/2018)
Roads
being built without EIA (ht 24/02/2018)
Bridges
in need of urgent repair in Bara (ht 24/02/2018)
Best
foot
forward: The vehicular ban in Thamel and Asan is
making the streets more walkable and vibrant. It has
also come as an accidental boon for the seasonal
porters in the area, by Abijeet Pant (kp
24/02/2018)
Supreme
Court halts distribution of embossed vehicle number
plates (ht 23/02/2018)
Over
200,000 await digital driving licenses since months,
by Kushal Basnet (rep 22/02/2018)
Larcha
bridge topples weeks before opening, by Anish
Tiwari (kp 21/02/2018)
Tuin
Crossings Still Exist In Nepal, by Nandalal Tiwari
(rn 19/02/2018)
NEA
in
bid to have more vehicle charging stations: Country’s
first EV charging station has been set up at power
utility’s central office (kp 18/02/2018)
Tackling
traffic troubles: Will new measures prove to have a
lasting effect on resolving perennial transportation
problems?, by Anupama Angbo (ht 18/02/2018)
Road
safety compromised by haphazard divider placement,
by Arjun Oli (rep 18/02/2018)
Bajura
road to be blacktopped soon, by Arjun Shah (kp
18/02/2018)
Transport
entrepreneurs demand halt to entry of overloaded
vehicles (ht 18/02/2018)
Road
to
nowhere: They will tell you it is a universally
acknowledged truth that better roads lead to economic
prosperity. That prosperity might come at a cost, a
premium even, but so does most other things, by
Sandesh Ghimire (kp 17/02/2018)
Postal
Highway: Saptari locals halt survey work amid land
issues, by Abdhesh Kumar Jha (kp 16/02/2018)
Reckless
driving of tippers blamed for increasing road mishaps,
by Madhusudan Guragain (rep 13/02/2018)
Delay
in bridge construction affecting Mid-Hill Highway work
in Jajarkot, by Janak KC (rep 12/02/2018)
Trend
of
automobile ownership: Whether automobiles are
purchased for necessity or flaunting, it suggests that
the purchasing power of Nepalis is increasing, by
Naresh Neupane (kp 11/02/2018)
Kathmandu-Tarai
expressway: Army cuts 14k trees to build expressway,
by Pratap Bista (kp 11/02/2018)
Vehicular
movement to be halted for six hours on
Galchhi-Rasuwagadhi road, by Bhagawati Lama (rep
11/02/2018)
India
delays road upgradation process, by Mohan Budhayer
(kp 11/02/2018)
Trishuli
bus crash victim found (kp 10/02/2018) [The
accident had happened on 28 October 2017]
Muglin-Narayangadh
road
project deadline to be extended: The road carries the
heaviest traffic in the country, account-ing for 90
percent of Nepal’s total international trade traffic
(kp 10/02/2018)
Two-wheelers
to get embossed number plates from Feb 13 (ht
10/02/2018)
Ring
Road project mulls design audit (kp 09/02/2018)
Sajha
plans e-bus pilot run in two months, by Anup Ojha
(kp 07/02/2018), Electric
buses could cut Nepal’s fuel bill by up to 90pc,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 07/02/2018)
Smoke
screen: Though banning old vehicles welcome, promotion
of public transportation is the long-term answer
(kp 07/02/2018)
Sajha
unveils disabled-friendly bus, by Anup Ojha (kp
07/02/2018)
Countrywide
ban on vehicles older than 20 yrs from Mar 15, by
Anup Ojha (kp 06/02/2018)
Nagdhunga
tunnel report to be ready this month, by Bibek
Subedi (kp 06/02/2018)
Access
to
transport: Seats reserved for women and persons with
disability are often occupied by strong and
able-bodied women and men, while sick and elderly have
to stand, by Meenraj Panthee (rep 06/02/2018)
‘Kalanki
underpass will be ready in 5 months’ (kp
04/02/2018)
KMC
vows to clear stray animals from city roads (kp
03/02/2018), Holy
strays: Rescuing abandoned cattle from the streets
will require innovative and local initiatives, by
Abijeet Pant (kp 03/02/2018)
China
asks removal of poles from Ring Road (kp
01/02/2018)
Work
on Mid-hill Highway bridges stalled since years,
by Janak KC (rep 01/02/2018)
Widening
of Syabrubesi highway to begin in Oct, by Bibek
Subedi (kp 31/01/2018)
Valley’s
youths come out in force to protest worsening traffic
jams, by Anup Ojha (kp 30/01/2018)
Citizens
hail opening of Tamor corridor (kp 30/01/2018), Tamor
corridor track opens connecting hills with plains
(ht 31/01/2018)
Delay
in Sunkoshi Bridge construction: Just one foundation
pillar built in the past five years (rep
30/01/2018)
Piece
of history: Kalopul bridge demolition plan irks locals
(kp 29/01/2018)
Road
dusts, a nuisance in Panchkhal-Dhulikhel section,
by Madhusudan Guragain (rep 29/01/2018)
Ten
die in separate road accidents in past 24 hours
(kp 28/01/2018)
Kaligandaki
road corridor set for upgrade, by Prakash Baral
(kp 28/01/2018)
Politicians
flout
rules to build road: Under the direction of political
leaders, 471 trees have been felled so far to
link Dhansar Bridge with Jungle-shaiya, by Pawan
Yadav (kp 28/01/2018)
Narayangadh-Munglin
section to be closed during day from today, by
Anup Ojha (kp 27/01/2018)
Track
opens for Mailung-Syabrubesi road section, by
Balram Ghimire (kp 27/01/2018), Mailung-Syafrubesi
road to come into operation in April, by Himnath
Devkota (rep 27/01/2018)
Katari-Ghurmi
road in neglect (ht 27/01/2018)
Rural
connection: In northern Gorkha, two state-of-the-art
cantilever pathways (bridges) are changing lives,
by Utsav Shakya (kp 27/01/2018)
Skilled
manpower crunch hits construction of bridges (ht
27/01/2018)
Better
Road And Civic Sense, by Shyam KC (rn 24/01/2018)
Progress
on construction of Nagarkot road snail-paced (ht
24/01/2018)
Road
connectivity elates locals of Tipling, by Sarita
Shrestha (rep 24/01/2018)
Call
for measures to curb road deaths: Four dead in Salyan
bus accident, by Biplab Maharjan (kp 23/01/2018)
Road
connects Bajhang, Bajura headquarters (ht
23/01/2018)
Rasuwagadhi
highway set to be upgraded, by Bibek Subedi (kp
23/01/2018)
Lack
of traffic lights adding to street chaos (ht
21/01/2018)
Muglin-Narayangadh
road may be closed during day (ht 20/01/2018)
Accidents
along BP Highway on the rise (ht 19/01/2018)
Online
system adopted for driving licence (ht 19/01/2018)
Kathmandu-Tarai
fast
track: Army to have own DPR for expressway; Nepal Army
says the detailed project report prepared by an Indian
consultant was incomplete (kp 17/01/2018)
Jajarkot-Dunai
road nears completion, by Janak Nepal (kp
17/01/2018)
Four-wheelers
barred from city core, by Anup Ojha (kp
17/01/2018), Clearing
the air: No longer choked by pollution, perhaps the
Capital’s historical appeal will be rejuvenated
(kp 18/01/2018)
Dangerous
Roads, Lurking Traps, by Prem Khatry (rn
16/01/2018)
Overloaded
tippers turn road into eye-sore (ht 16/01/2018)
Blacktopping
begins at Tripureshwar -Kalimati road section, by
Sanghamitra Subba (rep 16/01/2018)
Jajarkot
section of Mid-Hills Highway in sorry state, by
Janak KC (rep 16/01/2018)
Village
council chief among 6 dead in car crash (kp
15/01/2018)
Road
connects Panchami Bazaar to Diktel in Khotang (ht
15/01/2018)
Government
to encourage use of e-vehicles: The government has
also reduced customs tariff for import of e-vehicles
(ht 14/01/2018)
Mugling
road expansion hits snag (ht 14/01/2018)
Poor
vision due to fog increases road mishaps, by
Yogesh Rawal (rep 14/01/2018)
Irregularity
rife in Hulaki Rajmarg construction (rep
14/01/2014)
Construction
of Nagdhunga-Naubise road tunnel in offing (ht
13/01/2017)
Car
ban
in Capitals’ core areas from Tuesday: Four-wheel
vehicles, except those on emergency and essential
services, barred entry at 12 places in the city
between 7am and 7pm (kp 12/01/2018)
Meterless
taxi drivers protest in Pokhara (kp 11/01/2018)
Core
city areas no-go zone for four wheelers (ht
11/01/2018)
4
dead in road accidents in Nawalparasi and Mahottari
(kp 10/01/2018)
Biratnagar-Kimathanka
trilateral road project’s disheartening progress,
by Hari Adhikari (ht 10/01/2018)
Lack
of motorable bridge affects trade, tourism in
Jhulaghat, by Bira Gadal (rep 10/01/2018)
Mahure-Phoksingtar
road
finally getting blacktopped: Foundation stone for
project was laid by Prime Minister Man Mohan Adhikari
in 1994 (rep 08/01/2018)
Sajha
urged to extend bus service to Godawari (kp
07/01/2018)
Okhaldhunga
people elated with suspension bridge construction
(ht 07/01/2018)
Road
construction gathers pace in areas surrounding Lumbini,
by Amrita Anamol (kp 07/01/2018)
New
road connects Bajhang, Bajura, by Basanta Pratap
Singh and Arjun Shah (kp 07/01/2018)
Kamal
Binayak-Nagarkot road in sorry state for last nine
months (ht 06/01/2018)
DoR:
Will blacktop 80km Valley roads in five months, by
Anup Ojha (kp 05/01/2018)
A
pressing concern: Problems with traffic congestion can
be mitigated if all stakeholders make an effort to
fulfil regulatory obligations, by Ananda Bahadur
Shrestha (kp 05/01/2018)
Rajbiraj
locals against construction of Postal Highway (ht
04/01/2018)
Toll
tax on most road sections from next fiscal, by
Sabin Mishra (ht 03/01/2018), Road
to
safety: If the money collected from toll tax is
utilised well to maintain and repair roads, this can
hugely increase the safety of passengers (ht
04/01/2018)
Narayangadh-Muglin
road to be closed for six hours at night (ht
03/01/2018)
Fast
track may be delayed over DPR (kp 02/01/2018)
Army
opens 66 km track in Karnali Corridor, by Pabitra
Kumar Shahi (rep 02/01/2018)
Tardy
progress on six-lanehighway in Dhangadi (ht
02/01/2018)
E-vehicle
charging: Valley armed with 4 more stations (kp
02/01/2018), Plugged
on: NEA now runs four charging stations, but more EVs
for public transport still needed (kp 03/01/2018)
Sunkoshi
bridge not completed yet (ht 01/01/2018)
Construction
of Mechi bridge hits snag (ht 31/12/2017)
Bridge
over Karnali River replaces risky ferry trips, by
Khamma Khatri (rep 28/12/2017)
Pashupati
area: No-vehicle zone (kp 27/12/2017)
Bridge
building in limbo (ht 27/12/2017)
Reopen
Tatopani:
Built in the 1960s the 115-km long highway catered as
a lifeline for Nepal to connect China’s Tibet and, the
Tatopani customs point used to handle trade worth
billions of rupees (ht 27/12/2017)
Parked
fuel tankers pose risk of highway accidents, by
Hari Adhikari (ht 27/12/2017)
Cargo
movement blocked in protest over pollution (kp
26/12/2017)
Galchhi-Rasuwagadhi
road:
Only 10 percent of road works completed so far; The
82-km road links the border transit to Kerung in
China through Mailung (kp 25/12/2017)
Biratnagar-Khandbari-Kimathanka
road project: Road works stall due to recurring
dispute, by Dipendra Shakya (kp 25/12/2017)
Bailey
bridge installed over Sunkoshi River (ht
25/12/2017)
NEA
introduces e-vehicle charging station in Capital
(kp 24/12/2017)
30pc
solar street lights in Bhaktapur non-functional
(ht 24/12/2017)
Two
killed, three injured in separate road accidents
(ht 23/12/2017)
Nepali
Army begins process to construct expressway to Tarai
(ht 22/12/2017)
Much-delayed
Postal Road project gains momentum (kp 21/12/2017)
KTM-Hetauda
project:
Highway project lacks explosives to progress; nepal
Army, a year and half ago, had agreed to supply
5 tonnes of explosives for the construction but the
army has not delivered the explosives, by Pratap
Bista (kp 21/12/2017)
Valley
likely to get smart traffic lights soon (ht
21/12/2017)
Multistoried
parking lot at New Road planned (kp 20/12/2017)
Narayangadh-Muglin
road: Contractors fined for delay (kp 19/12/2017),
Third
upgradation deadline unlikely to be met (ht
21/12/2017)
MTPD
starts queue system for passengers boarding public
vehicles (kp 18/12/2017)
RFID
gates to be installed at Valley’s entry points (ht
18/12/2017)
Govt
to ban 20-year-old public vehicles from mid-March
(ht 18/12/2017)
‘Semi-floor’
bus
operation within a month: Sajha; The bus will be
helpful particularly for different-ly-abled
people, women, children and the elderly (kp
17/12/2017)
8
years on, road construction still incomplete, by
Bhim Bahadur Singh (kp 17/12/2017)
MoH
proposes free treatment for people injured in road
accidents (ht 17/12/2017)
Bridge
construction in Udayapur at a snail's pace, by
Maheshwor Chamling Rai (rep 17/12/2017)
Mid-hill
highway project: Pokhara-Baglung road section gets
underway, by Agandhar Tiwari (kp 16/12/2017)
Roads
cover only 7.72 per cent ofmunicipal area in Kathmandu
(ht 16/12/2017)
DoTM
to make emissions test mandatory, by Chandan Kumar
Mandal (kp 16/12/2017)
Private
vehicles required to get embossed number plates within
this fiscal (ht 15/12/2017)
Authorities
pilot smart traffic light project at two places,
by Anup Ojha (kp 13/12/2017)
2nd
phase of ring road expansion: Field study report to be
submitted within a mth, by Bibek Subedi (kp
09/12/2017)
MoF
yet to release budget to reconstruct bridges (ht
09/12/2017)
Only
10 pc work of Galchhi-Rasuwagadhi road completed,
by Bhagwati Lama (rep 06/12/2017)
Transport
in Kathmandu: Fixing fallacies, by Nishan Kafle
(ht 05/12/2017)
Progress
of road projects dismal in first four months, by
Dilip Poudel (rep 05/12/2017)
Adamghat-Chautara
road track opens after 25 years of effort (ht
04/12/2017)
Pace
of blacktopping upped in Valley to contain dust: DoR,
by Anup Ojha (kp 03/12/2017)
Vehicle
imports up nearly 8pc (by Shankar Acharya (kp
03/12/2017)
Nations
pledge to take action for improved road safety (ht
02/12/2017)
KMC
clean-up drive for dust, dirt and grime free streets
(kp 01/12/2017), Warning
against unauthorised digging of roads, footpaths
(kp 01/12/2017)
Bus
plunges into Trishuli; 8 dead: Police rescue 22
passengers including a six-month-old baby boy (kp
30/11/2017)
KMC
plans
new structures to ease traffic congestions: The
metropolis is holding talks with the DoR on building
one underpass and two overhead crossings, according to
Mayor Shakya, by Anup Ojha (kp 26/11/2017)
#Khotang’s
8-yr wait for bridge ends: the 120-metre-long
structure is expected to serve as a lifeline, by
Dambar Singh Rai and Kumbha Raj Rai (kp 25/11/2017), Commodity
prices fall after Dudh Koshi bridge opens, by
Dambar Singh Rai (kp 02/12/2017)
KMC
steps up drive to make roads dust-free (kp
25/11/2017)
Over
1.5 lakh awaiting smart driving licences, by Sujan
DDhungana (ht 23/11/2017)
CIAA
tells MoPIT to ease traffic congestion in Kathmandu
Valley (ht 22/11/2017)
PDC
drags feet in procuring DPR of KTM-Tarai Expressway,
by Sabin Mishra (ht 22/11/2017)
8
killed, 34 wounded in road accidents (kp 13/11/2017)
Oh
no, not again: Drastic measures are needed to prevent
the highways from turning into a death zone, by
Ashish Gajurel (kp 07/11/2017)
Driver’s
negligence
tops list of road accident causes; Experts, however, say
while blaming human error, state must pay heed to bad
roads and poor infrastructure, by Chandan Kumar
Mandal (kp 03/11/2017)
Cops
told to step up crackdown on drink-driving (ht
03/11/2017)
Bridge
the gap: Govt needs to hold concerned on a tight leash
for timely bridge and road repair (kp 01/11/2017)
Road
to nowhere: Govt needs to identify key reasons for
road accidents; implement effective regulations
(kp 30/10/2017), Tragic
accident:
all drivers operating public vehicles or passenger buses
must undergo refresher training and psychological
counseling every year (ht 30/10/2017)
7
killed, 6 injured, 2 missing in Gulmi micro bus accident
(ht 30/10/2017), 4
dead, 5 hurt as jeep plunges 500m onto river channel in
Udayapur (ht 30/10/2017)
Speeding
bus plunges into Trishuli; 31 dead, by Harihar Singh
Rathour (kp 29/10/2017), Dhading
bus plunge: Driver out of contact, by Harihar Singh
Rathour (kp 30/10/2017)
Authorities
plan to make Capital’s core heritage sites
visitor-friendly, by Anup Ojha (kp 28/10/2017)
Mugling-Narayanghat
road section: Vehicle movement may be halted during day
(ht 28/10/2017)
Biratnagar
road project in limbo: BMC to blacklist the contractor
if the work is not started right after Chhath (ht
27/10/2017)
Narayangadh-Muglin
road widening work to resume (ht 26/10/2017)
SC
orders roads dept to leave Limbu sacred stones
untouched (rep 26/10/2017)
KMC
earmarks Rs 800m for fixing potholes (ht 25/10/2017)
Killer
drains of Pokhara, by Bharat Koirala (ht 25/10/2017)
Proper
repair of Valley roads only after Melamchi project
concludes (ht 24/10/2017)
No-vehicle
rule enforced in Thamel, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
23/10/2017), Vehicle-free
Thamel a big respite for tourists, by Anup Ojha (kp
26/10/2017), Pedestrian
pass: Freeing Thamel’s narrow alleys of traffic
will rejuvenate its historical appeal (kp
27/10/2017), Walk
the
talk: Residents of Kathmandu, the Tarai and Chitwan
could have their lives shortened by as much as four
years because of foul air, by Kunda Dixit (nt
27/10/2017)
New
plan for embossed number plate system: DoTM sends
proposal to Cabinet to distribute new plates under
provincial structure (ht 23/10/2017)
One
dies, another critical in Darchula jeep accident (kp
22/10/2017)
NEA
to
take lead to promote electric vehicles: Says will start
by installing charging stations at different parts
of Kathmandu in the first phase, by Chandan Kumar
Mandal (kp 20/10/2017)
7
killed, 24 injured in separate road accidents (kp
20/10/2017)
DoTM’s
Bhaktapur trial centre starts operation, by Anup
Ojha (kp 15/10/2017)
Illegal
structures along Mugling-Kotre road to be demolished
(ht 15/10/2017)
High-way:
With
the opening of the Besisahar- Chame Sadak, Manang is
witnessing an unprecedented boom in tourism, but
concerns over safety continue to loom large, by
Bhim Ghimire and Aash Gurung (kp 14/10/2017)
Govt
gives okay to buy DPR for expressway, by Bibek
Subedi (kp 14/10/2017), Govt
to buy DPR of Fast Track from IL&FC, by Sabin
Mishra (ht 14/10/2017), Nepal
Army
permitted to purchase DPR after negotiation: Proposed
price of Rs 600 million much higher than other
complicated projects (rep 14/10/2017), NA
inagurates first project camp in Makkhu Besi (kp
19/10/2017)
Govt
set to ease licence procurement process for heavy
vehicles (kp 14/10/2017)
The
myth
of public transport profitability: Even if it runs at
a loss, good urban transport makes a metropolis
efficient and dynamic, by Kanak Mani Dixit (nt
13/10/2017)
Jam
at Naubise road leads to death of bus crash victim,
by Harihar Singh Rathour (kp 12/10/2017), Naubise-Nagdhunga
traffic snarls a nightmare for commuters, by
Sarita Shrestha (rep 12/10/2017)
8,700
Valley taxies fitted with automated billing machines
(rep 12/10/2017)
Israeli
tourist dies in Manang SUV crash, 10 others injured
(kp 10/10/2017)
Locals
vent their ire against sluggish road repair, by
Janak KC (rep 10/10/2017)
Eight
years on, construction of Bajura bridge still in limbo
(ht 07/10/2017)
Landslides
affect transportation along Prithvi Highway, by
Mukti Prasad Nyaupane (rep 07/10/2017)
2
killed, 40 injured in bus accident, by Arjun
Bhushal (rep 07/10/2017)
Munglin
bridge delay troubles travellers, by Anup Ojha (kp
06/10/2017)
Dilapidated
suspension bridge risks travelers' life, by Daman
Rai (rep 06/10/2017)
Chepang
road gets the go-ahead from govt, by Harihar Singh
Rathore (kp 06/10/2017)
Alternative
route to Narayangadh-Muglin road to be built (ht
06/10/2017)
Landslide
obstructs 6km stretch of Siddhartha Highway in Palpa,
by Madhav Aryal (kp 06/10/2017)
Bridges
over Karnali River at risk of collapse (ht
06/10/2017)
Experts
welcome plan tabled at Parliament to ban fossil
fuel-run vehicles by 2027, by Chandan Kumar Mandal
(kp 05/10/2017) [This will not
even be possible in the most developed countries!],
Fuel
for the future: Policymakers now recognise air
pollution is grave enough to warrant a response
(kp 06/10/2017)
Landslide
obstructs Siddhartha Highway, hundreds of passengers
stranded, by Madhav Aryal (kp 01/10/2017)
Two
killed in separate road accidents (kp 30/09/2017)
Sidda
Baba Road obstructed, hundreds of passengers stranded
(rep 30/09/2017)
18
bridges to be built along Narayangadh-Mugling road
section (kp 29/09/2017)
22
kindred injured in Dailekh bus accident (ht
28/09/2017)
Eight
killed in road accidents in Kavre (kp 27/09/2017)
Prithvichowk
island removed overnight to ease traffic congestion,
by Santosh Subedi (rep 27/09/2017)
Beni-Jomsom
Highway reopens after six days, by Hari Krishna
Gautam (rep 27/09/2017)
Sajha
adds Bungamati-Budhanilkantha route (kp
26/09/2017)
Landslide
obstructs Ridi-Tamghas road, by Ghanashyam Gautam
(kp 26/09/2017)
NEA
to
promote electric vehicles: Power utility calls tender
to instal charging stations in major cities to
encourage people to shift to EVs (ht 24/09/2017)
Homeward
bound: The future towards a competent travel network
depends upon the government and transport
entrepreneurs, by Anupama Angbo (ht 24/09/2017)
More
people picking BP Highway over Thankot: Poor shape of
Muglin stretch, Kalanki congestion among the causes,
by Anup Ojha (kp 24/09/2017)
3
killed as landslide buries car, truck (kp
24/09/2017)
Parking
at Tundikhel for festival shoppers (kp 23/09/2017)
Three
killed, 18 injured as bus veers off road (kp
23/09/2017)
Crackdown
on festive drink-driving launched (ht 21/09/2017)
Army
to begin talks to buy fast track DPR, by Bibek
Subedi (kp 20/09/2017), ‘Expressway
project will test army’s capability’, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 21/09/2017)
Rain-damaged
rural roads left unrepaired, by Harihar Singh
Rathour (kp 14/09/2017)
Villagers
angered by delay in bridge construction (kp
14/09/2017)
Festive
rush raises safety fears, by Sanjeev Giri (kp
13/09/2017), People
stand in lines for hours to buy bus tickets, by
Anup Ojha (kp 13/09/2017), Passengers
queue for hours since early morning to return home
empty-handed, by Sabin Mishra (ht 13/09/2017)
Narayangadh-Muglin
road to open 24 hours (kp 13/09/2017)
Tunnel
boring
machine to dig under Chure hills: It will take the
machine around two to three years to dig the 4.2 metre
wide and 12-km long tunnel (kp 13/09/2017)
Lack
of MoUD synergy delays Outer Ring Road project (ht
13/09/2017)
10
dead, 55 injured in two road accidents (kp
10/09/2017)
Repair
of rural roads unlikely before Dashain (ht
10/09/2017)
e-Rickshaws
on verge of displacement in Jhapa (rep 10/09/2017)
Two
hurt as state minister’s vehicle hits motorbike
(ht 09/09/2017)
Seekers
of
smart driving licence in a jam: Process of issuing
permits came to a grinding halt last week due to
shortage of smart cards, by Sabin Mishra (ht
08/09/2017)
Narayangadh-Mugling
road section to open round-the-clock from September 13
(ht 08/09/2017)
253
killed, 579 injured in road accidents in far-west in
two years (ht 08/09/2017)
Travel
ban extended for Beni-Jomsom road (kp 07/09/2017)
Rain,
landslides affect road upgradation in Dolakha (ht
07/09/2017)
Price
of Fast Track DPR jumps 66 pc, by Rudra Pangeni
(rep 05/09/2017)
Setting
the right priorities: World cities are acting to push
out cars but our government is doing just the opposite,
by Prashanta Khanal (kp 03/09/2017)
Narayangadh-Muglin
road:
Preparations on to ease traffic for major festivals;
Only 54pc of works have been completed so far on
the road upgradation project that started in
April 2015 (kp 03/09/2017)
Commuters
still forced to make perilous journey on Karnali
Highway, by DB Buda (rep 03/09/2017)
Araniko
Highway blocked, by Anish Tiwari (kp 03/09/2017)
Rains
damage Muglin-Narayangadh road, by Bimal Khatiwada
(kp 01/09/2017)
Dhangadi-Taklakot
road to connect Province 7 with Tibet (ht
31/08/2017)
KMC
hands over 50 wheel lockers to traffic police (kp
30/08/2017)
Sanphe-Martadi
road threatened (ht 30/08/2017)
Monsoon
damages substandard blacktopped Baglung roads, by
Sabgam Gharti Magar (rep 30/08/2017)
Fare
hike call before Dashain, by Anup Ojha (kp
29/08/2017)
Karnali
bridge starts to wear down due to lack of repair,
by Yogesh Rawal (rep 29/08/2017)
Black-topping
peeling off Udayapur road (ht 29/08/2017)
Flood
exposes bridge scandal in Bardiya: Babai river bridge
at Jabadighat caves in due to ‘poor build quality’,
by Kamal Panthi (kp 27/08/2017)
New
bridge at Mugling set to miss deadline, by Prakash
Baral (kp 27/08/2017)
Licence
of 348 drunk drivers suspended (ht 27/08/2017)
Ban
on unnecessary honking becoming effective in
Pokhara-Lekhnath, by Santosh Subedi (reo
27/08/2017)
Issuance
of Digital licence plates from tomorrow (kp
26/08/2017)
DoR
seeks Rs 420m immediately (ht 23/08/2017)
Bailey
bridge construction halts in Larcha, by Anish
Tiwari (kp 22/08/2017)
House
panel directive puts DoTM in dilemma: Dept asked to
set up Vehicle Fitness Test Centres in 7 provinces in
a month, by Sanjeev Giri (kp 22/08/2017)
Two
killed, 21 hurt in bus accident (ht 22/08/2017)
Roads
Board proposes increasing toll rates (ht
22/08/2017)
Traffic
resumes on major highways and roads: DoR (kp
21/08/2017)
Distribution
of embossed licence plates begins (kp 21/08/2017)
Landslides
obstruct Barhabise-KTM road (kp 20/08/2017), Landslides
block Barhabise-Tatopani road, by Anish Tiwari (kp
21/08/2017)
Over
30 bridges damaged (ht 18/08/2017)
“Dallu
janey ho?”: An outsider finds Kathmandu buses to be
easy and safe — it just takes time, by Julia
Thomas (nt 18/08/2017)
Diversions,
Bailey bridges to resume vehicular flow (kp
16/08/2017), Bridges
at
risk: The newly built bridge in Bardiya would not have
collapsed so early had there been proper monitoring
from the concerned when it was being constructed
(ht 16/08/2017)
Vehicular
traffic resumes on roads damaged by floods (rep
16/08/2017)
Around
1,800 taxis in Valley yet to instal billing machines
(ht 16/08/2017)
Cabs
without billing system face action (ht 14/08/2017)
Dudhaura
bridge collapses in Bara (ht 14/08/2017)
Fast
track project handed over to Army officially (kp
12/08/2017)
Bridge
collapses a week before handover (ht 12/08/2017),
Faulty
Construction, by Bhimsen Thapaliya (rn 23/08/2017)
Home
Minister bemoans Valley’s dismal traffic infra (kp
08/08/2017)
Rautahat’s
killer
ditches claim 11 lives in 3 weeks: Contractors blamed
for digging ditches to extract soil to elevate surface
at road construction sites, by Pawan Yadaw (kp
08/08/2017)
Remote
Ramechhap villages accessible again (ht
08/08/2017)
Nine
killed, seven hurt in Doti jeep accident, by Mohan
Shahi (kp 06/08/2017)
Contracting
process of 13 roads to begin soon in Kathmandu, by
Rudra Pangeni (rep 06/08/2017)
4
girls drown in rain-filled pit (kp 06/08/2017), Four
girls of a family die after falling into a ditch
(ht 06/08/2017), 4
children drown in pits dug for road work, by Madan
Thakur (rep 06/08/2017), Speaker
directs govt to respond to minors’ death (kp
07/08/2017), Monsoon
madness: How many innocent children must die before
construction sites are made safer? (kp 07/08/2017)
Kavre
transport operators warn of blocking Sajha (kp
05/08/2017)
Vehicular
movement resumes along Narayangadh-Mugling road
section (ht 05/08/2017)
Multiple
landslides strike Narayangadh-Muglin road (kp
04/08/2017), Narayanghat-Mugling
road becoming 'deathtrap', by Ramesh Kumar Paudel
(rep 04/08/2017)
Road
to Mustang getting blacktopped, by Santosh
Pokharel (rep 04/08/2017)
Bridge
collapse causes hardship in Tatopani, by Anish
Tiwari (kp 04/08/2017)
Auto
loan cap slams brake on four-wheelers’ growth, by
Sujan Dhungana (ht 04/08/2017)
Narayangadh-Muglin
road: PM: Complete expansion project as early as
possible, by Bimal Khatiwada (kp 03/08/2017) [The PM comes, orders, and within a
few days the whole world is wonderful!!]
No
safe roads in Pokhara for disabled, by Santosh
Subedi (rep 03/08/2017)
Sanphe-Martadai
road faces landslip threat (ht 02/08/2017)
No
road repair during monsoon: KMC mayor: Traffic police
chief says the wait would be too long for personnel on
duty (kp 01/08/2017)
Traffic
problems: Viable solutions, by Madan Mohan Pradhan
(ht 01/07/2017)
Road
Potholes And PM’s Directives, by Nandalal Tiwari
(rn 31/07/2017), ‘Potholes
fixed in 32 areas of Kathmandu’ (kp 31/07/2017), Authorities
miss deadline for fixing potholes (ht 31/07/2017)
Mahamai
folk risk lives daily to cross Mai river on
boats, by Biplav Bhattarai (kp 31/07/2017)
Construction
of Sapsu River Bridge comes to a halt, by Daman
Rai (rep 31/07/2017)
Kathmandu-Tarai
fast track: ‘Process to procure tools and raw
materials with India begun’ (kp 29/07/2017)
Govt’s
taxi permit scheme backfires, by Sujan Dhungana
(ht 29/07/2019) [An
outstanding example how shortsighted givernment
decisions are!!]
Smart
surveillance vansto catch unruly drivers (ht
29/07/2017)
Fixing
potholes alone won’t resolve road woes, says minister
(ht 29/07/2017)
Bus
falls into stream as bridge caves in, two dead
(28/07/2017)
65
pc road repair work completed: PMO (kp
27/07/2017), Clear
the mess: Passing the buck has been a favourite
pastime of our government officials, which must stop
(ht 27/07/2017)
Landslides
obstruct Karnali Highway (kp 26/07/2017)
Traffic-related
deaths on rise in Jhapa (kp 26/07/2017)
Only
link to Tatopani severed as landslide destroys key
bridge: Vehicular movement obstructed, locals having a
tough time (kp 25/07/2017), Bridge
collapse hits Tatopani locals, by Anish Tiwari(kp
27/07/2017), ‘Bailey
bridge within a week’ (kp 28/07/2017), Tuin
link over Bhotekoshi at Larcha (kp 30/07/2017)
Army
gears up to begin KTM-Tarai expressway, by Binod
Ghimire and Bibek Subedi (kp 25/07/2017)
Fifty-eight
per cent road repair work over (kp 25/07/2017)
Rainfall
halts
filling of potholes in Kathmandu: Lack of coordination
among authorities concerned posing another hurdle to
road repairs (ht 24/07/2017)
Track
opened to link Taplejung with China border (kp
22/07/2017), Taplejung
connected with China via road (kp 23/07/2017)
Nepal,
China trade halted due to landslide, by Krishna
Thapa (kp 22/07/2017)
Road
repair after monsoon: KMC mayor (ht 22/07/2017) [Which monsoon, this years`or that
one of 2020?]
Heavy
rainfall damages rural roads in Panchthar district (ht
22/07/2017)
6
killed in separate road accidents (kp 21/07/2017)
Out
of Order: Lights out, by Neeraj Chandra Roy (rep
21/07/2017)
Country
roads, by Gunjan Upadhyay (rep 21/07/2017)
Poor
road
condition hits Chitwan tourism, by Bimal Khatiwada
(kp 21/07/2017)
Govt
attention
drawn to ‘killer’ pits, potholes (ht 21/07/2017),
Car
falls
into pit dug by Melamchi water project (ht
21/07/2017)
Rains
block roads in Rolpa, by Dinesh Subedi (rep
21/07/2017)
Kalanki-Koteshwor
section
of Ring Road to be completed by July 2018 (ht
21/07/2017)
Executive
officers
of local levels told to fill potholes (ht
20/07/2017) [The chaos may
have been produced by the central level, but now this
belongs to the taks of the local level and should not
be ordered by the central government even though it is
necessary!], Repair
of
all roads unlikely till rains end, by Rupesh
Acharya (ht 20/07/2017)
Rs
112m paid for 11 km Valley roads but no work done,
by Khilak Budhathoki and Himal Lamsal (rep 20/07/2017)
Proper
blacktopping after Golbazar locals protest, by
Mithilesh Yadav (rep 20/07/2017)
Khotang
to
get bridge by Dashain (ht 20/07/2017)
Valley
authorities
get down to work (kp 19/07/2017)
BP
Highway
closed for nighttime traffic (ht 19/07/2017)
Rain,
landslides
obstruct roads (ht 19/07/2017)
Number
road fatalities up in Dhading, by Shankar Shrestha
(rep 19/07/2017)
Fix
it:
Pathetic state of Capital’s roads is part of a larger
malaise afflicting Nepal’s polity (kp 19/07/2017)
Fix
them
now: When the monsoon rains start, the roads in the
Kathmandu Valley look like muddy fields ready for
paddy plantation (ht 18/07/2017)
Landslide
debris obstructing vehicular movement on Jay Prithvi
Highway, by Jagat Khadka (rep 18/07/2017)
Implementation
of
embossed number plate system delayed (ht
18/07/2017)
Pokhara
enforces
‘No Horn’ regulation (kp 17/07/2017)
Fix
potholes
in 15 days, PM tells officials (kp 17/07/2017)
31
injured
in bus-truck collision (kp 16/07/2017)
Concerns
grow over 'death trap' roads of the capital:
Water-logged roads killed one child while another
narrowly escaped death (rep 16/07/2017)
Darchula-Tinkar
road
still unfinished, by Manoj Badu (kp 16/07/2017)
DoTM
readies
new measures to ease city traffic: Long-route buses to
be regulated on the Ring Road (kp 16/08/2017)
Pedalling
for
healthier cities: Cities the world over are embracing
cycle-friendly policies to cure their congestion woes
while we remain fixated on road expansion and
monorails, by Sagar Onta and Prashanta Khanal (kp
15/07/2017)
Chabahil-Sankhu
road
expansion: Project faces more delay: Officials, by
Samipa Khanal (kp 14/07/2017)
Roadblock:
The
Mugling Highway is an example of poor governance and
lack of accountability of those in high office (nt
14/07/2017), Unblocking
an
artery: A trip along the accident-prone 36km
Mugling-Narayangad highway, which was once considered
an engineering feat, by Sanjeev Sharma ( nt
14/07/2017)
Landslide
leaves
passengers in the lurch (kp 13/07/2017)
Transportation
disrupted
on unrepaired rural roads (ht 13/07/2017)
Contractors
to
be pushed for timely completion of Diktel-Halesi road
(ht 13/07/2017)
7-day
trial
run begins to ease traffic jams: Trucks, tippers and
mini trucks will be prohibited from entering the
Valley during rush hours—from 8:30 till 10:30 in the
morning and 3:30 till 6:30 in the evening, by
Samipa Khanal (kp 12/07/2017)
Road
expansion again stalled in Dholahiti, by Pooja
Chauhan (rep 12/07/2017)
Dhulikhel
Municipality
seeks Sajha bus service (kp 11/07/2017)
Govt
initiates
feasibility study to expand Thankot-Mugling road
section (ht 11/07/2017)
Two
dead,
26 injured in Salyan bus accident (kp 10/07/2017)
Blacktopping
of
Rautahat road incomplete (ht 10/07/2017)
Govt
working
to ease traffic woes, says home minister (ht
10/07/2017)
Koteshwor-Bhaktapur
road:
Constant jams become a commuter’s nightmare, by
Anup Ojha (kp 09/07/2017)
Kaligandaki
corridor
becomes operational: The road is touted to be a key
trading route connecting the southern and northern
neighbors. Nearly 1 million people will get direct
access to motorable road, by Ghanshyam Gautam (kp
09/07/2017)
72km
outer
ring road: Issues over land acquisition pegging back
project (kp 09/07/2017)
Simikot-Hilsa
road
construction nearing completion (kp 09/07/2017)
No
progress on road projects financed by Indian soft loan
(rep 09/07/2017)
Capital
roads
becoming unsafe for pedestrians? Reckless driving has
made even zebra crossings dangerous (kp
09/07/2017)
Muglin-Narayangadh
road:
Travel curfew from Sunday (kp 07/07/2017)
Ring
Road
greenbelt declared no-parking zone (ht 07/07/2017)
Traffic
nightmare:
Ideal solution, by Nishan Kafle (ht 06/07/2017)
New
rule
set for long-route vehicles (ht 06/07/2017)
Show
the
way: The vulnerability of only one all-purpose road
between Kathmandu and the Tarai should have woken up
our leaders years ago to seek alternative roads
(ht 06/07/2017)
Parking
vehicles
in Capital not a walk in the park: Shrinking parking
areas in expanding city concern many, by Anup Ojha
(kp 02/07/2017)
Traffic
police’s
vehicle wash plan: A good move or harebrained scheme?
Many say it won’t work until authorities fix Capital
roads; Environmentalist says the plan will work only
when Kathmandu roads are well kept, dustless and clean,
by Anup Ojha (kp 05/07/2017), Parliamentary
panel instructs govt to complete road construction of
Valley within three months, by Ashim Neupane (rep
05/07/2017)
Muglin-Narayangadh
road:
DoR completes study on alternative route (kp
05/07/2017), Parliament
committee
orders night time travel curfew (kp 05/07/2017), Traveling
the dreaded Naryanghat-Mugling road, by Ramesh
Kumar Paudel (rep 05/07/2017)
Army
seeks
consultants to review Fast Track DPR (kp
05/07/2017)
Cops
book
errant motorists: They were fined for not halting and
waiting until pedestrians crossed the road safely
(ht 05/07/2017)
At
least
600 new zebra crossings to be installed in Kathmandu
(ht 04/07/2017)
Outer
Ring
Road Project to begin in Oct (ht 04/07/2017)
Bus-Motorbike
collision
kills one, 30 injured (kp 03/07/2017)
Government
set
to introduce road test for driving licence (ht
03/07/2017), Traffic
police
to introduce ‘road trial’ for driving licence (kp
04/07/2017)
Nepal’s
highest bridge at risk due to poor drainage, by
Chabilal Tiwari (rep 02/07/2017)
Massive
landslide
blocks Narayangadh-Muglin road section again (ht
01/07/2017), Narayanghat-Mugling
road
blocked for two days, by Ramesh Kumar Paudel (rep
02/07/2017), Narayangadh-Muglin
road
landslides threaten pedestrians, by Ramesh Kumar
Paudel (rep 04/07/2017)
Bahrabise-Tatopani
road
obstructed by landslides, by Anish Tiwari (kp
30/06/2017)
Damaged
section
of BP Highway repaired, by Tika Prasad Bhatta (kp
30/06/2017), Vehicular
movement
resumes on BP Highway, by Anil Bhandari (rep
01/07/2017)
KMC
forms
panel to deal with Valley’s chaotic traffic (kp
30/06/2017)
Additional
1,285
solar lights to illuminate Kathmandu roads (kp
30/06/2017)
Smart
licences
launched in Pokhara and Baglung, by Pawan
Timilsina (kp 30/06/2017)
Sajha
receives
Rs 50m to purchase 13 buses (kp 28/06/2017)
29
places on Narayanghat-Mugling road highly prone to
landslides, by Ramesh Kumar Paudel (rep
26/06/2017), Experts:
Not
enough done to avert landslips, by Chandan Kumar
Mandal (kp 27/06/2017), Landslides
make
Narayanghat-Mugling road 'a highway of death', by
Ramesh Kumar Paudel (rep 27/06/2017), Risky
road:
The sorry state of Muglin-Narayangadh highway has
added to the woes of the common traveller (kp
28/06/2017)
No
horn,
please: Noise pollution is not only a traffic problem,
it is also a health problem, by Khagendra Nath
Sharma (kp 25/06/2017)
Trishuli
River swallows 19 persons in a year (rep
25/06/2017)
Travel
woes
along muglin-narayangadh road: Landslides ‘are common’
but can they be prevented? Measures taken to stop road
disaster do not seem to be sufficient (kp
24/06/2017), Police
van
swept away; 2 dead, as many missing, by Bimal
Khatiwada (kp 24/06/2017)
Delay
in
solar lamp installation causes inconvenience to public
(kp 24/06/2017)
Lalitpur
metropolis
to study feasibility of Kupondole-Pulchowk flyover
(kp 24/06/2017)
Wildlife
road
traffic accidents on rise: Collisions threaten
conservation efforts, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
23/06/2017)
KTM-Nijgadh
expressway
guideline approved (kp 23/06/2017)
Bus
park
noise sparks tensions between Bir Hospital and KMC: In
May last year, the bus station in the Old Bus Park was
shifted to Khula Manch, by Chandan Kumar Mandal
(kp 22/06/2017)
Govt
to
distribute taxicab permits from today (kp
21/06/2017), Lottery
for
new taxi permits for quake-survivors from today
(ht 21/06/2017), KMC
against
govt decision to add 1,500 taxis in Kathmandu (rep
21/06/2017), KMC
decision
likely to make new taxis find new cities to ply
(kp 22/06/2017), KMC
wants
new cabs to ply in quake-hit districts (ht
23/06/2017), Quake
survivors
alloted 1,500 taxicab licences (kp 24/06/2017), No
taxi
subsidy for quake survivors: Quake survivors of 14
districts have also formed a pressure group urging the
government to come up with a scheme that can help
licence holders to purchase a taxi, by Sanjeev
Giri (kp 25/06/2017), DoTM
makes
U-turn in issuing route permits for new taxis:
Beneficiaries to get to choose to operate taxis in
their home districts;Cabs required to be registered
within next six months (ht 27/06/2017), Bookings
for
new cabs accelerate after govt issues taxi permits
(ht 29/06/2017)
Taxi
booking
services offer relief from hassles. by Aagat Ruchi
Sapkota (kp 20/06/2017)
Monsoon
arrives with landslides in the highway, by Ramesh
Kumar Paudel (rep 20/06/2017)
Kanti
Highway
finally getting blacktopped, by Pratap Bista (kp
19/06/2017)
Home
Minister
Sharma seeks plan for traffic management (ht
18/06/2017)
Vendors,
filth
give Capital’s overhead bridges bad name, by Anup
Ojha (kp 17/06/2017)
Tripureshwor-Nagdhunga
road
widening slow due to poor coordination (ht
17/06/2017)
Ranitari-Harkapur-Dulegaunda
road
construction snail-paced (ht 17/06/2017)
Sajha
set
to bring 40 new buses (kp 16/06/2017)
Four
killed,
12 injured in separate road accidents (kp
16/06/2017)
Govt
to
include road safety in college curriculum (ht
16/06/2017)
11
dead,
21 injured in bus accident (kp 15/06/2017), 11
killed
as bus plunges into Karnali (ht 15/06/2017)
Roads
being
cleared of building materials (ht 15/06/2017)
Time:
The Greatest Healer, by Shyam KC (rn 14/06/2017)
Home
minister
stops fine on jaywalkers (kp 14/06/2017)
New
taxicab
permits on hold due to opposition, by Sanjeev Giri
(kp 14/06/2017)
Delay
in bridge construction affects Baglung locals, by
Sangam Gharti Magar (rep 14/06/2017)
'Suina'
Possible: Surkhet to Jumla: 232 kilometers, three
cities and lofty aspirations, by Subhash Ghimire
and Guna Raj Luitel (rep 13/06/2017)
Road
expansion
not the only solution to traffic jams: Report (ht
12/06/2017), Not
enough:
Road widening alone can help solve the traffic snarls
of the valley to a limited extent only (ht
13/06/2017)
Pallotar
bus station has no buses, by Giriraj Baskota (rep
12/06/2017)
Expressway
to
be expedited: Construction of the expressway is of
national importance in terms of Nepal’s transportation
network, by Pawan Timilsina (ht 11/06/2017)
Army
resumes road connectivity project in Thawang, by
Dinesh Subedi (rep 11/06/2017)
Right
of
way: Huge infrastructural shortfalls make the Capital
difficult for pedestrians to navigate (kp
09/06/2017)
Schoolteacher
dies
after being run over at zebra crossing: Drivers who do
not slow down for pedestrians at zebra crossing to be
fined Rs500 every instance, by Anup Ojha (kp
07/06/2017)
Corridors
of
power: Subways, trams and elevated highways are good
mass transit systems, but it will be another decade
before such systems can be implemented in Kathmandu
and Lalitpur, by Bimal Pratap Shah and Shyan Kirat
Rai (rep 07/06/2017)
Jajarkot-Dolpa
road
works gather speed: More than 500 people are working
alongside the Nepal Army personnel at the construction
site of the 118 km road in Dolpa, by Krishna
Prasad Gautam and Bishnulal Budha (kp 06/06/2017)
Over
13,000
jaywalkers booked in past 5 days: The number of
violations has come down in the last couple of days,
says traffic police department, by Anup Ojha (kp
04/06/2017), Install
road
safety signs before enforcing any rule: NHRC (ht
05/06/2017)
Govt
to
roll out smart licences across Nepal: Smart driving
licences store data like driver’s identity and vehicle
registration number (kp 04/06/2017)
Twenty
years
young: Safa Tempos and the ban on pubic vehicles over
twenty years old, by Astha Joshi (kp 03/06/2017)
Four
corners
of outer ring road along Chobhar-Satungal fixed: The
road will have cycle lanes, green belts and
disabled-friendly footpath (ht 03/06/2017)
Replacement
of
cable contraptions in full swing: Arragements have
been made to monitor newly constructed suspension
bridges and repair old ones (ht 03/06/2017)
Preparations
for
embossed number plates in final stage (kp
03/06/2017)
Drive
against
jaywalking to expand across Valley (ht 03/06/2017)
Kodari
ROAD
will reopen soon: Minister for commerce (kp
02/06/2017)
No
horn,
no jaywalking: Recent initiatives are good, but
additional measures are needed to instil civic sense
in drivers and pedestrians, by Shyam KC (kp
02/06/2017)
Locals
demand
road construction (ht 01/06/2017)
Safer
roads:
Most accidents take place because the roads are very
narrow and in a dilapidated condition sorely lacking
maintenance (ht 30/05/2017)
Four
dead
in Dhading bus accident (kp 29/05/2017)
National
road
network expands by 849 kilometres (kp 29/05/2017)
Construction
of
bridge over Dudhkoshi likely to be delayed (ht
29/05/2017)
PM
lays
foundation stone of Kathmandu-Nijghad fast track
(ht 29/05/2017) [The
foundation stone of this project has already been laid
by then Deputy PM Bijaya Kumar Gachhadar in 2009!!!]
Jaywalkers
to
be fined from May 30: The Metropolitan Traffic Police
Office says it is mobilising 1,500 traffic cops to
raise awareness on traffic rules (kp 28/05/2017),
Pedestrians
cry
foul as traffic cops act tough: People complain rules
implemented without adequate preparations and road
facilities, by Anup Ojha (kp 31/05/2017)
Land
prices
increase after hydro project brings road, by
Prakash Baral (kp 27/05/2017)
Defence
Ministry
discussion on fast track project (kp 26/05/2017)
Lottery
for
new taxi permits delayed (ht 26/05/2017)
20
Sajha
buses to begin service from tomorrow, by Anup Ojha
(kp 23/05/2017)
KTM-Tarai
expressway
to be inaugurated by PM (kp 22/05/2017)
Using
public
transport in Valley a huge ordeal, by Anita
Shrestha (ht 22/05/2017)
Birgunj-Thori
road
section construction to begin soon: A reliable source
tells the Post that it will cost nearly Rs 3 billion
to build the 60km road section, by Shankar Acharya
(kp 21/05/2017)
Report
highlights
dangers of overloading vehicles: Overloading helps
truckers and operators to save on transportation costs
and maximise their profits (ht 20/05/2017)
Pedal
power:
Kathmandu’s rickshaws have received an eye-catching
facelift, but is it what the city needs?, by Abha
Dhital (kp 20/05/2017)
Valley
road
network to be upgraded (ht 19/05/2017)
Embossed
number
plates from next month (ht 19/05/2017)
Upper
Trishuli
3a: Road repairs expected to be finished by mid-June
(kp 18/05/2017)
Rules
to
curb jaywalking postponed till next week: The MTPD
says more than 900 traffic police personnel deployed
for Sunday’s local polls have yet to join regular
duties (kp 16/05/2017), Walk
this
way: Pedestrian discipline is important, but a fine -
and possible custody - for jaywalking is harsh (kp
17/05/2017)
Distribution
of
smart driving licences slow: Govt's printing capacity
caters to less than 50 per cent of the demand (ht
16/05/2017)
A
cautionary tale: Nepal seems to be hurrying towards a
car-centred modernity that other countries are
hurrying away from, by Thomas B. Robertson (kp
15/05/2017)
50
pc
of work along Mid-hill Highway complete (ht
15/05/2017)
Taking
the
wheel on road safety: Why good public policy holds the
key to safer roads, by Poonam Khetrapal Singh (kp
14/05/2017)
First
vehicle
test centre receives few clients (kp 14/05/2017)
1,773
die
in accidents in 9 months (ht 13/05/2017)
Contractors
told
to complete road projects without delay (ht
13/05/2017)
Two
dead,
35 injured in bus accident (kp 12/05/2017)
One
dead
as truck plunges into Trishuli (kp 11/05/2017)
Road
safety
week inaugurated (ht 09/05/2017)
Faded
zebra
crossings a cause for concern, by Anup Ojha (kp
06/08/2017)
Narayangadh-Muglin
road
to be operational 24 hrs from May 8-17, by Bimal
Khatiwada (kp 06/05/2017)
Govt
decides
to let Army build 76km expressway, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 05/05/2017)
Bridge
builders:
Here is a model for connecting villages, creating jobs
and boosting local economies after a disaster, by
Sonia Awale (nt 05/05/2017)
Ring
Road
expansion: Koteshwor-Ekantakuna road stretch likely to
be completed by mid-June (kp 04/05/2017)
MTPD
urges
pedestrians to abide by traffic rules (kp
03/05/2017)
Long
road
ahead: An empowered and independent project office
must be set up to build the Fast Track, by Ashish
Gajurel (kp 02/05/2017)
Taxicab
licence
lottery put off due to local elections (kp
01/05/2017)
3,500
cabs
install electric billing machines: The move is
expected to check the instances of taxi drivers
overcharging the passengers, particularly during the
night hours (kp 30/04/2017)
Urban
Ministry
approves DPR of Outer Ring Road Project, by Anup
Ojha (kp 30/04/2017)
2
die, 11 injured in Bheri jeep crash (kp
29/04/2017)
Traffic
cops
to fine jaywalkers from mid-May (ht 29/04/2017)
Traffic
police
to launch pedestrian safety drive (ht 28/04/2017)
No-rule
roads:
We have reached a point where the total length of
vehicles in Kathmandu, laid end to end, is greater
than the length of its roads, by Bimal Pratap Shah
(rep 26/04/2017)
4
killed in Palpa truck accident (kp 24/04/2017)
5
pilgrims die, 30 injured in Mustang bus accident,
by Binod Tripathi (kp 23/04/2017)
More
than
2,000 errant drivers booked in a day (kp
23/04/2017)
Blast
use
discouraged to widen Muglin road (kp 21/04/2017)
200
public
transport routes to be trimmed: Starting mid-June,
commuters will have fewer routes to choose from
(kp 21/04/2017)
1,124
booked
for honking in five days (ht 20/04/2017)
Motorists
crowd
pumps over fuel shortage fears (kp 19/04/2017)
Dry
landslides make Narayanghat-Mugling road
perilous, by Ramesh Kumar Paudel (rep 19/04/2017)
After
horn,
traffic police train eyes on jaywalkers, by Anup
Ojha (kp 18/04/2017)
Noise
pollution:
Shhhhh! Hopefully, Kathmandu can ease transport
bottlenecks and create safe and pleasant public spaces,
by Thomas B. Robertson (kp 18/04/2017)
Bus
mafia
controlling Nepal’s transport (kp 17/04/2017), The
bus
mafia controlling Nepal’s smog-choked capital (ht
17/04/2017)
Landslide
obstructs
Muglin road for nearly four hours, by Bimal
Khatiwada (kp 15/04/2017)
OAG
laments
poor traffic management in Valley (ht 14/04/2017)
Ban
on horns comes into effect from today, by Ram
Saran Tamang (rep 14/04/2017), No
Horn
regulation comes into effect: Authorities tout it as
success, but traffic was thin on New Year’s Day
(kp 15/04/2017), Ban
on
needless honking comes into effect (ht 15/04/2017)
Damaged
BP
Highway section yet to be fixed, by Tika Prasad
Bhatta (kp 10/04/2017)
10
vehicles
booked for breaching rule (kp 09/03/2017)
113
cable
contraptions under construction (ht 08/04/2017)
Muglin-Abukhaireni
traffic
resumes, by Sudip Kaini (kp 07/04/2017)
Lane
violations
to blame for traffic jams in Valley (ht
07/04/2017)
Sajha
Yatayat still fighting for route permit in Bhaktapur
(rep 06/04/2017)
Expressway
project to be awarded to Nepal Army: Infrastructure
and transport minister tabling proposal in the cabinet
soon, by Rudra Pangeni (rep 06/04/2017)
Driven
to
despair: Traffic chaos along Nagdhunga-Kalanki
section; 70,000 people affected every day: Traffic
police, by Anup Ojha (kp 05/04/2017)
Two
killed
as falling rocks hit four highway vehicles, by
Bimal Khatiwada (kp 04/04/2017)
Locals
obstruct
traffic in Chabahil to protest delay in road repair,
by Samipa Khanal (04/04/2017)
Valley
to
be declared ‘no horn zone’: The rule will come into
force from April 14, according to authorities, by
Anup Ojha (kp 04/04/2017)
Construction
of
road to Tibet to begin (kp 02/04/2017)
Five
dead,
as many injured as truck hits bus (kp 02/04/2017)
Govt
disregards NPC VC advice, prepares to give expressway
contract to army (rep 01/04/2017)
Locals
protest
against road widening drive (ht 31/03/2017)
Euro
IV
standard fuel to be sold from Sat (kp 30/03/2017)
7
dead in Pyuthan jeep accident, by Giru Prasad
Bhandari (kp 25/03/2017)
4
dead, 21 hurt in bus-bike collision (kp
24/03/2017)
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