E-Kantipur

KATHMANDU, SEP 23 -

Be it by imposing stricter rules or constructing designated parking places and bus stops in Kathmandu Valley, traffic police are using their skills to good account in recent times and seem restless to go modern.

Now they have conceived a modern idea that aims to make the traffic system more scientific. If the plan of Metropolitan Traffic Police Division (MTPD) sees the light of day, the traffic police will switch to the banking system and the fine receipts will be consigned to dustbins.

Under this new plan, the money paid by those who violate traffic rules will not be collected by traffic police offices. Instead, police will give a slip of a particular bank to the offenders who later have to deposit money in the account opened by traffic police, said MTPD Spokesman SP Jagat Man Shrestha.

One can claim his/her seized licence from the respective traffic police unit within the given time only after submitting the bank voucher. Failing to submit fine vouchers on time means offenders have to approach the MTPD head office at Singh Durbar with the piece of paper, according to MTPD officials.

However, the plan is still in a nascent stage and MTPD will finalise the modality after discussing the idea with stakeholders, including Attorney General’s Office, Finance Ministry, Nepal Rastra Bank, Department of Transport Management (DoTM), and Department of Revenue. Shrestha said the stakeholders have been informally informed about the plan. A soon-to-be held formal meeting will broadly dwell on its pros and cons. “The meeting has been deferred as the Dashain festival is approaching,” said Shrestha, adding that MTPD has been trying to thrash out the issue soon after the end of Tihar. Traffic police have the right to charge fines from Rs 25 up to Rs 200 for minor traffic offences—over speeding, driving without licences and blue-book and vehicle modification. DoTM looks after major cases of traffic rules violation.

“Traffic police are not authorised to collect fines exceeding Rs 200,” Shrestha said.

Posted on: 2011-09-23 09:03

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