Kathmandu, July 1 -- The Metropolitan Traffic Police Division, to ease traffic congestion, had recently declared corridor underpasses open for vehicular movement. However, instead of solving the traffic problem, the opening of these underpasses have added to it, as people have started to illegally park their vehicles along these roads.
And as this practice has remained unchecked, it is choking traffic further, beating the purpose as to why the underpasses were built in the first place.
The traffic police, under a three-month pilot project launched in March-end, had opened corridor underpasses recently at Balkumari, Bhatkeko Pul, New Buspark, Gopi Krishna, Setopul and Hanumansthan.
Hundreds of vehicles, including pick-up vans, four-wheele...