MP Ashika Tamang Expresses Dissatisfaction with Traffic Law Section 171
Summary
MP Ashika Tamang has called Section 171 of the Vehicle and Transport Management Act impractical and demanded its immediate repeal or amendment. She also urged an online system for traffic actions, mandatory body cameras for traffic police, and inclusion of traffic police and transport entrepreneurs in the Social Security Fund.
Key Points
- MP Ashika Tamang criticized Section 171 of the Vehicle and Transport Management Act as impractical.
- She questioned the requirement for drivers to travel to Kathmandu to complain to the Director General within 35 days.
- She demanded online handling of traffic actions and body cameras for traffic police to ensure factual decisions.
- She also called for traffic police and transport entrepreneurs to be brought under the Social Security Fund.
