According to Inspector Sitaram Hachhethu, in-charge of the Metropolitan Traffic Police Circle, Durbar Marg, traffic police will visit all the valley-based schools during the three-month campaign. [break]
“We will bring students to the road to teach them the traffic rules,” said Hachhethu. He added that students of senior grades would be asked to volunteer during the traffic awareness weeks.
As the school going students are among the most vulnerable pedestrians who are at risk of road accidents, they must have knowledge of traffic rules, said Baikuntha Aryal, district education officer of Kathmandu.
Inaugurating the campaign named ´School school ma traffic´ on Thursday, the newly appointed chief of the MTPD Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Keshav Adhikari said that managing traffic manually is a big challenge for the traffic personnel, particularly during peak hours.
He also expressed commitment to install more automatic systems at different places. Only 92 cameras installed in the Valley roads are insufficient to enforce traffic rules, DIG Adhikari mentioned.
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