Nepal's Deadly Roads: Urgent Call for National Road Safety Policy Implementation
Summary
Nepal experiences an average of seven daily deaths due to road accidents, prompting calls for urgent implementation of the National Road Safety Policy aiming to reduce such incidents to zero by 2050.
Key Points
- On average, seven people die daily due to road accidents in Nepal, totaling over 2,500 annual deaths.
- The National Road Safety Policy draft aims to reduce road deaths by 50% by 2030 and to zero by 2050, but implementation has stalled.
- Lawmaker Ashish Gajurel stresses the need for a revised policy and an autonomous body, the National Road Safety Council, to oversee continuous road safety efforts.
- The policy proposes integrated management of road infrastructure, vehicle standards, driver licensing, technology use, and effective post-accident rescue systems.
