Kathmandu, July 6 -- In mid-June, the government relaxed a nationwide lockdown after nearly three months after traders and other entrepreneurs started to protest the absolute lockdown which had halted all economic activities.

As the government eased the lockdown rules, the government also issued a series of health and safety protocols to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. The lockdown restrictions were lifted for private vehicles on the condition that they operate on odd-even number basis corresponding with the Nepali date.

However, the rule for vehicles could not be enforced strictly. From the second day of the lockdown relaxation, motorists started descending on the streets in droves, defying the odd-even rationing rules.

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