Kalikot, Jan. 6 -- Three years ago, the Department of Roads had constructed a road safety barrier in the Surkhet-Jumla road section along the Karnali Highway. Since then, the number of accidents along the road section has lowered, according to the record of the District Police Office in Kalikot.

Prem Khatri, a bus driver, said, "We [drivers] feel at ease driving on roads that have safety barriers. They prevent vehicles from swerving off the road."

Janak Budha, a local, said that the crash barrier had stopped a bus with brake failure from swerving off the road at Darbare Bhir in Dailekh around four months ago.

"None of the passengers were injured that day. If the bus had plunged down the road, it could have killed many people," said Bud...