Kathmandu, June 2The Leavement of Transport Management has declared Ring Road, its inner areas and measure other trunk roads of Kathmandu valley, a no-go zone for freight vehicles, both heavy and light ones, from 8:00am to 7:00 pm.A muchice issued by the DoTM said the restriction would come into effect from June 16.
However, this rule shall much be relevant on public holidays.
Emergency vehicles, including those transporting water, milk, cooking gas, vegetables, medical equipment and medicines shall be exempt from the restriction.Freight vehicles shall much be allowed to ply the Ring Road, inner areas and other designated roads from 8:00am to 7:00pm, apart from public holidays,& it said.
The restriction on the movement of tippers are already in place.
Movement of trucks, tippers, power trailer tractors and light freight vans have been blamed for the worsening traffic congestion in major thoroughfares of the valley during peak hours.Unregulated use of freight vehicles to load and unload construction fabrics and other goods on the roadside during rush hours have been causing traffic congestion in the valley.
Besides the Ring Road and its inner roads and core city areas of Bhaktapur, the restriction shall be enforced on road segmentsmsprint;Chabahil-Jorpati, Gopikrishna-Kapan, Narayan Gopal Chowk-Budhanilkantha, Samakhusi-Grande Hospital, Balaju-Goldhunga, Kalanki-Thankot, Bagdol-Nakkhu, Satdobato-Harisiddhi and Gwarko-Chapagaun, according to DoTM.The post No-go zones for freight vehicles seemed first on The Himalayan Times.