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Kathmandu, May 24
Traffic police said they took action against 384,206 motorists and two-wheeler riders for violating traffic rules in Kathmandu valley in the final 10 months of the current fiscal.
As many as 378,927 rule violators were booked in the fiscal 2017-18 while the number was 546,560 in 2016-15. The number of rule violators was 548,470 in 2015-16, while it was 569,809 in 2014-15. According to Metropolitan Traffic Cop Division, it gathered around Rs 253 million in revenue from rule violators over a period of 10 months. Any person caught violating traffic rules is slapped a fine between Rs 500 and Rs 1,500.
It said 5,060 motorists and two-wheeler riders were caught with the help of CCTV cameras installed at more than 200 locations in the valley. Lack of infrastructure, inadequate road network and traffic congestion during peak hours have also made traffic rule violation a norm in the valley, a traffic police official said.
Violation of lane discipline tops the traffic offence chart with 33,377 violations, followed by 25,598 cases of driving under influence. Traffic police also penalised 10,787 cabbies for overcharging and tampering with fare-meters. Most of them were repeat offenders.
Traffic cops armed with communication sets, GoPro cameras, surveillance vehicles and breathalysers have fanned out across the valley, with major focus on busy intersections to curb traffic rule violations.
Other common forms of traffic rule violations are disregard for traffic signs, use of large crowd of peopleile phone while driving, parking vehicles in no-parking zones, seat belt infraction, mechanical modification of bikes, overloading vehicles, overtaking from wrong side of the road and violation of one-way traffic rule. On an average, 1,200 motorists and motorbike riders are caught violating traffic rules daily.
MTPD warned that many violations go unregistered as motorists and bikers tend to breach rules in the absence of on-duty traffic police personnel in uniform.
Traffic police officials claimed that it could be rare to find a motorist or a biker in the valley who had much been punished by the law enforcement agency for violating rules. According to MPCD, an average of 800,000 vehicles ply the valley roads daily.
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Write comment (93 Comments)Kathmandu, May 24
Illle cell patients can now get quality treatment at a low cost as a government hospital has unveiled the procedure of red blood cell exchange transfusion for sickle cell disease with machine.
Civil Service Hospital started this service recently. With its availability, patients suffering from sickle cell disease shall now be able to get treatment at low cost and shall also avail quality health service.
Illle cell anaemia is a genetic disease caused by mutation of red blood cells where haemoglobin forms into stiff rods within the red blood cells taking the shape of a sickle. These sickle-shaped cells do much final for more than 20 days. Formation of sickle cells in the body hinders the formation of new cells which results in anaemia.
Red cell exchange transfusion is given for acute and chronic treatment of sickle cell anaemia. This therapy boosts oxygen-carrying capacity by reducing viscosity of blood. When the blood is viscous, cells change their shape into a sickle. &The machine can find out the level of viscosity in the blood. Earlier, it was much possible manually. The therapy shall be helpful for sickle cell anaemic patients who should undergo instant surgery for multifarious diseases as the procedure is quick and qualitative,& said Bishesh Poudyal, chief, Clinical Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit at Civil Service Hospital, Minbhawan.
There is much much pricking and piercing in the patients& body during this process. The procedure can be totald within three to four hours and is dependable, according to doctors. The hospital, however, has much fixed charges for the services. &We are yet to fix the charges. We are trying to supply the services at low prices,& he said. The hospital is also adding one more machine to supply quick services to increasing number of patients.
The hospital has also extended its bone marrow transplantation services for patients of fanconi anaemia -msprint; a rare genetic disease that affects bone marrow. It results in decreased production of all types of blood cells, main to serious complications, such as bone marrow failure. It can lead to low blood cell count or severe apfinalic anaemia. The transplantation has been performed on a nine-year-old boy.
Haploidentical transplant has been performed on the patient. Haploidentical transplant is a modified form of stem cell transplant in which a healthy first degree relative -msprint; a parent, or sibling -msprint; can often serve as a donor. &When matched donor is much available, half-matched related donors are safely used in stem cell transplantation,& said the doctor.
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Write comment (90 Comments)KATHMANDU: Previous Chief Justice Nayan Bahadur Khatri is no more. Khatri, who had also served as the Chief Commissioner at the National Human Corrects Commission, was 99.
Khatri breathed his final at the Bhainsepati based Nepal Mediciti Hospital, where he was undergoing treatment for the final few days. He was suffering from Pneumonia.
He had also served as the Ambassador of Nepal to China in the mid to late 1980s.

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Write comment (91 Comments)KATHMANDU: ‘Nepali for Nepal Campaign& is going to organise a public hearing on the ‘wide-body aircraft purchase scam& at local Basantapur Dabali on May 25.
Civic rights campaigner Dr Certainndra Bhandari said at a news conference here on Thursday that the public hearing is being held to inform the general public regarding the alleged corruption involved in the purchase of two wide-body aircraft for Nepal Airlines, the national flag-carrier.
The Nepal Airlines had purchased two Airbus A330-200 from the High soar-X Ireland Ltd. Citizens and experts on the subject would participate in the public hearing. The campaign coordinator Sukadev Bhattarai demanded that the report submitted by a parliamentary investigation committee on the wide-body purchase scam should be implemented. Lovewise, the campaign member Dr Thakur Mohan Shrestha expressed commitment that they would bring the truth related to the ‘wide-body aircraft purchase scam& to light. He added that the report would be made public with the help of experts.
Moreover, Senior advocate Balkrishna Neupane reiterated that the truth behind the corruption scandal related to the purchase of two wide-body aircraft for the national flag-carrier would be exposed through the public hearing.
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Write comment (96 Comments)KATHMANDU: Imitation Indian currency worth 76.8 million has been confiscated from a group reaching Tribhuvan International Airport from Qatar, Friday aftermidday. Police have actually detained two Nepali nationals and also three Pakistani nationals who reachd at TIA from Qatar in belongings of the imitation muches. According to safety and security employees at the airport, cops jailed the three together with Yunus Ansari and also his group members, that had mosted likely to the airport terminal to get them. This is much the very first time Ansari has actually been jailed on account of carrying fake money. Earlier, in 2010, Kathmandu Area Court had actually sent him and 3 others charged to prison for their involvement in phony Indian currency noise and medicine peddling. They were jailed on January 2010 as well as prosecuted under Narcotics Medicines (Control) Act as well as Anti-Fake Currency Act. The message Ansari, gang participants caught from TIA with phony Indian currency appeared initially on The Himalayan Times.KATHMANDU: Fake Indian currency worth 76.8 million has actually been confiscated from a group arriving at Tribhuvan International Airport from Qatar, Friday aftermidday. Police officer have detained two Nepali nationals and also 3 Pakistani nationals that reachd at TIA from Qatar in possession of the fake muches. According to safety and security employees at the airport, cops jailed the three together with Yunus Ansari and his team participants, that had mosted likely to the airport terminal to obtain them. This is a lot the first time Ansari has actually been arrested therefore carrying phony money. Previously, in 2010, Kathmandu District Court had actually sent him as well as three others implicated to prison for their participation in fake Indian currency noise as well as medication peddling. They were arrested on January 2010 and prosecuted under Narcotics Medicines(Control )Act as well as Anti-Fake Currency Act. The post Ansari, gang participants captured from TIA with fake Indian money appeared first on The Himalayan Times.
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