The Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport will continue to look after the roads under the care of federal government within the Kathmandu Metropolitan City for the time being, it has been said.
The KMC and the Ministry have reached an agreement to this effect in a meeting today attended by Physical Infrastructure Minister Mohammad Istiyak Rai and the KMC Mayor Balendra Shah.
At present, the federal government is taking care of roads for the time being although it is within the scope of work of the KMC itself, said Minister Rai. Around 400 km roads within the KMC is under the responsibility of the federal government, and they will be looked after by the ministry itself, he added.
The meeting also discussed the issue of managing public transportation in the city, according to the minister. Following the implementation of federalism, the Ministry now is under its responsibility to look after only inter province transport system. "We want to install a GPS device in vehicles."
A committee has been formed in a bid to address problems relating to driving licence and embossed number plate system after the minister assumed office. The committee will submit its report in a day or two and the process would move ahead accordingly, he said.
Efforts were on to provide driving licence on the same day or the day after tomorrow after passing the trial, according to him.
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