With the never-ending road construction around K -town, the traffic has increased drastically in different parts of the city. There is so much difference on the flow of the vehicles on roads before three years and now. The time that requires from one destination to another has almost doubled. There are a lot of people who complain about the congestion on the streets each day and spend a lot of time on their travel from home to their workplace. The problem is not just the traffic but the dust and pollution that has increased respiratory problems of many individuals.

If you didn’t know, the total length of vehicles operating in the Kathmandu Valley is greater than the length of roads. The length of the roads is 4.8 million feet whereas length of vehicles is 7.2 million feet. The number of vehicles has increased to 9 Lakhs. As per the statistics, the traffic police take action against 1800 people every day, while around 6 Lakh are punished annually.

The traffic police have been doing a great job, on the streets, at the main junctions of the town. They are doing their duties during different weather conditions. Be it heavy rain, scorching heat, dusty roads, they are always ready at their service. They have been controlling the traffic, vehicle movement at the best. But out of all of that respect that we have, there are many a times the traffic police charge us without any proper reasoning. There is a certain fine for each offence and classes that they conduct is very fruitful. The strictness in these laws have made many accountable drivers and riders.

In spite of these, there are times when the rules are different for the parking spot on the same day, the situation when all the vehicles do not get caught at a certain right turn is not correct. Have you been in any one of these situations? Undoubtedly, being behind the wheels of a vehicle is a lot of responsibility, for every other person that is on the street and especially for oneself.