Kathmandu, May 26
The Metropolitan Traffic Police Division (MTPD) will fine jaywalkers Rs 200 per person effective from May 30.
The MTPD Chief, Deputy Inspector General Mingmar Lama, said the Division would also conduct a road safety campaign to reduce the number of road fatalities after finding that 40 per cent of the total deaths in a year resulting from road accidents involved pedestrians.
“As many as 75 people get killed in road accidents annually because of jaywalking and our main goal is to stop this trend,” DIG Lama said.
He said as per the Vehicles and Transport Management Act, jaywalkers would face a fine from Rs 200 to Rs 1,000.
He added that jaywalkers who would not have possessed Rs 200 with them and would unable to pay the fine would be detained for three hours and imparted road safety lessons.
The MTPD has also been taking action against drivers who park their vehicles and those selling goods on the pavements.
Meanwhile, since April 10, the MTPD has so far taken action against 7,469 people under various offences.
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