MADHYABINDU, March 1: As many as 22 people lost their lives in road accidents in a period of seven months in Nawalparasi ( Bardghat Susta East). According to the District Police Office (DPO), Nawalpur, the district reported 47 road accidents in the given time with 61 cases of severe and 87 minor injuries.
The highest number of accidents was in the months of November to December with eight casualties, according to the DPO’s Information Officer Santosh Pathak.
When will it end?
In the fiscal year 2020-21, the district recorded 113 incidents of road accidents with 46 casualties as compared to 95 cases with 41 deaths in the last fiscal year. According to the data of the past two and a half years, a total of 109 people were killed from 265 road accidents in the district, and 616 injured.
The district has topped the entire Gandaki Province in terms of the number of traffic accidents. According to DPO Chief Bhuwaneshwor Tiwari, various awareness programs were launched with the aim of promoting road safety in the district.
(RSS)
