Kathmandu Valley to get traffic lights

January 25, 2021
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The Department of Roads is installing more traffic lights in Kathmandu Valley. Traffic lights will be installed at five crossings and eight zebra crossings in Jadibuti, Thapathali, Durbar Marg and Kesharmahal.

The project will be implemented within the current fiscal year 2020/21, said Krishna Nath Ojha, chief of the Road Safety and Traffic Section under the department, adding that an agreement has been reached to implement the project at a cost of Rs 11 million. Similarly, the department will install traffic lights along Koteshwor-Kalanki road.

An agreement to install traffic lights at seven places along the road will be finalised within the current fiscal year 2020/21, said Ojha. “The installation of traffic lights will take place in the next fiscal year,” he said.