Kathmandu, June 17 -- Government agencies have agreed to unfreeze bank accounts of the transport committees which have registered themselves as companies, officials said.

In a broader crackdown on transport syndicate, the government had decided on April 17 last year not to register or renew the transport committees under Associations Registration Act-1977 while encouraging them to register as companies.

In order to mount further pressure on them, a meeting of government agencies led by Home Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa and Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport Raghubir Mahaseth on May 4 last year had decided to freeze bank accounts of the transport committees.

"A meeting of government agencies coordinated by the Prime Minist...