KATHMANDU: In its bid to discourage rampant parking, the Traffic Police has locked wheels of 1,548 vehicles in different places of the Kathmandu Valley. ‘
The Metropolitan Traffic Police Division (MTPD) has come up with the campaign to manage excessive traffic congestion and discourage unauthorized parking in the federal capital.
Basanta Kumar Pant, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) and Traffic Division Chief, said, “We come up with an action to lock wheels of vehicles being parked on the streets in an unauthorized way”.
In the campaign that kicked off on November 24, 2019, action has been slapped against both four-wheelers and two-wheelers.
The Division penalized the rampantly parked vehicles with a fine of Rs 500 to Rs 1000.
