KATHMANDU: Authorities in Karnali province have collected Rs 1.225 million in revenue from traffic violation fines over a 12-day period. According to the Nepal Police Highway Safety and Traffic Management Office in Surkhet, the fines were collected from 1,338 vehicles between Oct. 12 and Oct. 22.
Information officer and Deputy Superintendent of Police Hari Bahadur BC stated that Surkhet district accounted for the highest revenue, with Rs 582,000 collected from 638 vehicles. Other districts also contributed to the total: Salyan collected Rs 218,500 from 222 vehicles, Rukum West collected Rs 145,000 from 127 vehicles, Dailekh collected Rs 94,000 from 99 vehicles, Jumla collected Rs 73,000 from 67 vehicles, and Jajarkot collected Rs 61,500 from 68 vehicles.
In the remaining districts, Kalikot and Dolpa each collected Rs 17,000 from 82 and 18 vehicles, respectively. Humla collected Rs 15,000 from 15 vehicles, while Mugu collected Rs 2,000 from three vehicles.
The office also reported that 246 drivers were penalized for operating vehicles under the influence of alcohol during this period. The breakdown of these cases includes 157 in Surkhet, 46 in Salyan, 17 in Dailekh, nine in Rukum West, seven in Jumla, five in Kalikot, four in Jajarkot, and one in Dolpa.
