More than 2.61 lakh drivers who have not paid their traffic fines will face suspension of various services provided by the Transport Management Office.
It has come to light that over 261,000 vehicle drivers have not deposited their outstanding fine amounts into the state treasury. According to the Kathmandu Valley Traffic Police Office, these drivers will be deny essential services by the Transport Management Office.
Key Services Affected
The services to be withheld include purchasing new vehicles, transferring vehicle ownership (buying and selling), renewing driver’s licenses, and other services offered by the transport office. This step has been initiated because these drivers have failed to pay their fines for a long time. The traffic police forwarded the details of these non-compliant drivers to the transport offices, prompting the service suspension process to move ahead.
Superintendent of Police Nareshraj Subedi informed that various services obtainable from the transport offices will remain suspended until the outstanding fine amounts are fully deposited. The system ensures that these services can only be regained after the full payment of the fine.
New Requirements and Enforcement
The Transport Management Office has made it mandatory for relevant drivers to confirm that traffic fine amounts are paid to the state treasury before any new service can be obtained. Furthermore, the process of informing those with pending fine amounts via mobile messages (SMS) has already been started.
Traffic police officials stated this measure is implement to make the fine collection campaign more effective, foster a culture of traffic rule compliance, and maintain road discipline. Spokesperson Subedi believes that this system will be effective in discouraging the tendency to violate traffic rules and not pay fines to the state treasury. The Kathmandu Valley Traffic Police Office has urged drivers to fully comply with all traffic rules.
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