Road safety in Nepal is off the track Nepals current efforts are inadequate to lower traffic-related fatalities or injuries in the foreseeable future. Post File Photo Puspa Raj Pant Published at : October 18, 2022 Updated at : October 19, 2022 07:32 Road traffic-related injuries and fatalities can be reduced by bringing changes to the road environment, reducing speed and traffic volume, and separating motorised vehicles from pedestrians and non-motorised vehicles. However, Nepals current efforts are inadequate to lower traffic-related fatalities or injuries in the fores

कार्तिक २९, २०७७ शनिबार, गोरखापत्रमाप्रकाशित विश्वभर कोरोना भाइरसले मानिसका दैनिक क्रियाकलापहरूलाई असामान्य बनाएको लगभग एक वर्ष हुन लाग्यो । नेपालमा पनि आठ महिनादेखि यसले जनजीवनलाई निकै प्रभावित गरेको छ । यसबीचमा सबैभन्दा बढी प्रभावित बनेको पक्ष यातायात पनि हो । कोरोना भाइरसको प्रसारणलाई रोक्न वा सीमित गर्न मानिसलाई यात्रा वा भ्रमणमा बन्देज लगाउन लामो समयसम्म बन्

Road Safety Training For External Partners: The Open Learning Campus The World Bank Groups, Global Road Safety Facility organised an online course for external partners via the Open Learning Campus platform. This facilitated version of the course was live during 6 April - 10 May 2020.This courseprovides an introduction to road safety, impacts caused by injuries and deaths, global data on mobility, and the global plan of action for safety improvement. A considerable part of the course is spent on understanding the importance of road infrastructure, implementing the Safe System Approach with global instances cited, and managing additional aspects such as police enforcement. It also looks at methods of safety implementation and examples of worldwide successful case studies. Lastly, the course examines the capacity r

This article is expanded version of my article published inHimal weekly (20-26 January 2019). This article is an "Overview of Global Status Report on Road Safety with Reference to Nepal" and stresses the public health importance of road injuries and statistics for Nepal. यसै वर्ष डिसम्बर ७ अर्थात् २०७५ मंसिर २१ गते विश्व स्वास्थ्य संगठनलेग्लोबल स्टाटस रिपोर्ट अन रोड सेफ्टी २०१८(सडक सुरक्षाको विश्वव्यापी अवस्थाको प्रतिवेदन २०१८) प्रकाशित गरेको छ, जसअनुसार विश्वमा सडक दुर्घटनामा मर्नेहरूको संख्यामा न

(This article was written on27 March 2011 at 23:06and am posting it here without edits; in the past 10 years we have failed to bring positive changes) As many previous journeys, I was spotting many vehicles wrecked by accidents in different places throughout the East-West highway during my 16-hour bus journey to Dhangadhi from Hetauda. It was a night-bus which comes from Birgunj and leaves Hetauda around 2 pm. Travelling by road is the only option for most of the far-westerners. This becomes a must during the winter season when most of the flights to Dhangadhi are uncertain due to 'bad weather' with less visibility. This time I was travelling alone and I got a seat in the front 'cabin' where I could see the road clearly. As in previous journeys I could see the scenes wher