Nepal, June 6 -- The government is preparing to draft and enforce stricter laws related to road safety in order to reduce road accidents. The cabinet has decided, in principle, to approve the draft bill on road safety for the enactment of new law.

According to Krishna Raj Panta, Secretary at the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport (MoPIT), the cabinet has agreed to advance the draft bill with the main objective of reducing road accidents to zero. He added that the draft bill will be sent to the Ministry of Finance (MoF) within a day or two for approval and once the Finance Ministry agrees, it will be forwarded to the Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs.

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