KATHMANDU: Traffic Cop have opened a corridor under the bridge of fresh Bus Park as part of its plan to ease traffic congestion in the Valley.The Metropolitan Traffic Cop Division (MTPD) on Monday constructed the corridor as an action plan on traffic management and pollution control.The traffic police have also removed the huts constructed by encroachment upon the road.
With the corridor in place, vehicular movement from Tokha to Kalimati via fresh Bus Park and Shovabhagawati would be smooth, said Basanta Kumar Pant, chief of MTPD.Earlier, the traffic police had brought into operation the corridors under Balkumari bridge, Gopikrishna bridge and Bhatkeko bridge.Traffic management would be efficient and road accidents would be reduced once big and small vehicles passed through the corridor, Pant added.The traffic police have started opening corridors under bridges after framing a three-month plan of action in line with the commitment made by IGP Sarbendra Khanal to develop Kathmandu as a model city.