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According to him, only stern legal action against reckless drivers can help reduce number of road accidents as weak laws were behind the increased road accidents in the country. Though, he did not mentioned in the meeting, syndicates of the transport entrepreneurs and their associations in the public transport sector has not only fuelling on the accidents but also compelling the people to pay high amounts to get the service. While indicating so by DIG Aryal in the committee meeting, not only the lawmakers but also the top-government officials were there but no one had made commitment to formulate the law or to implement the excising laws effectively to reduce the increasing road accidents.Nepal Police data shows that road accidents have been claiming 2,000 to 2,500 lives annually in Nepal. Chief of Metropolitan Traffic Police Division Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Prakash Aryal has made the revelation. While speaking at a meeting of the parliament’s Good Governance and Monitoring Committee on Monday he also mentioned that existing laws and regulations are fueling the road accidents.
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