Overtaking banned in Thankot-Nagdhunga Road Section during festival

September 25, Kathmandu : The Metropolitan Traffic Police Division (MTPD) has banned overtaking for vehicles plying the one of the busiest entry points to the Kathmandu Valley, Thankot – Nagdhunga Road Section.

Metropolitan Traffic Police Division  has put in place some new measures to facilitate the huge outflow of passengers from the Kathmandu Valley during the upcoming festivals such as Dashain, Tihar and Chhat, to ensure road safety as well as to curb the possible incidents such as of double-ticketing, blackmailing and overcharging among others by the ticket clerks.

Metropolitan Traffic Police Division  Chief and Senior Superintendent of Police (SP) Bhim Prasad Dhakal shared that the traffic personnel will conduct a special checking on the both private and public vehicles in various places in the Valley four times a day.

SP Dhakal informed that additional 430 human resources were mobilized for the regular checking on the vehicles at 368 places in the Valley such as Nagdhunga, Kalanki, Swoyambhu, New Buspark, Chabahil, Gaushala, Koteshwor, Jagati, Satdobato, Balkhu, Dakshinkali, Sundhara and Old Bus Park among others.