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Four students have been arrested for their alleged involvement in attacking a security guard of the Trinity College with a khukuri.

The security guard was injured after the grade 11 students under the Faculty of Humanities attacked him with the khukuri at college in Kalikasthan, Kathmandu-29, the District Police Range, Kathmandu said.  

A team from the Metropolitan Police Sector, Singhadurbar under the command of an inspector was deputed following the incident. The security guard sustained injuries on his head. He has already been discharged after receiving treatment at the Kathmandu Model Hospital.

Josen Baniya, Bipin Khatri, Pratik Khatiwada and Sanjeeb Bhandari (Anmol) were arrested for their involvement in the incident.

Police said that they are looking into the case.

A person died and two others were injured when a scooter they were riding on hit a parked truck in Belbari of Morang on Tuesday.

The deceased has been identified as Bikram Rai (26) of Belbari-5.

Critically injured in the incident, Rai breathed his last during the course of treatment at the Biratnagar-based Nobel Teaching Hospital at around 1 am on Wednesday.

The body has been sent to the Koshi Hospital in Biratnagar for postmortem.

According to Morang Traffic Police Chief Inspector Raj Kumar Karki said that the two-wheeler (Ko 20 Pa 7645) hit the truck (Na 6 Kha 5544) at Betana in Belbaru Municipality-4 along the East-West Highway at around 11 pm yesterday.

Police said that Ranjan Chemjong (20) and Abhishekh Rai (22) of Miklajung Rural Municipality-3 of Panchthar were injured in the incident.

They are undergoing treatment at the Nobel Hospital.

A police team deployed from the Area Police Office, Belbari under the command of Inspector Khagendra Dhamala rounded up truck driver Abinash Kumar Khawas of Sundharharaicha Municipality-2 of Morang immediately after the incident.

According to a preliminary investigation, the scooter hit the truck as Rai was found riding the two-wheeler under the influence of alcohol.

The Cycle City Network Nepal with support from the Promoting Green Recovery Project under the United Nations Development Program successfully completed the pilot-scale intervention in a 17 Ha area (2km road section) in neighborhoods surrounding the core city in Tulsipur Sub-Metropolitan City. 

The pilot included construction of 16 zebra crossings, cycle priority markings in major road intersections and more than 50 cycle logos in the neighborhood. The cycle lane development is the follow up of the rapid assessment for sustainable urban mobility conducted at the Tulsipur Sub-Metropolitan City.

The pilot aims to develop a cycling and pedestrian culture in the early development of the city to integrate non-motorized transport as a significant agenda in future expansion and developments. 

Further, the pilot also aims to bring into light concepts such as “cycle boulevards'' (streets which have been “optimized” for bicycles), as an early intervention in emerging cities that have yet to face the challenges of high-volume traffic. 

The designs were based on municipality road and neighborhood surveys, which indicated a traffic flow of less than 3000 per day and relatively low traffic speed (40 km/hrs).

An intervention of the whole area as cycle-friendly neighborhoods was thus preferred over dedicated cycle lanes.

A rapid study of the Google Earth Imagery of the area was done to study the distribution of built-up area, land uses, road network and terrain. 

Based on the study, the preliminary structural zoning for the development of cycling infrastructure has been identified. 

The zones were classified as Priority 1, Priority 2 and Priority 3 Zones based on their proximity from the commercial centers, population density and access to services.

The proposed pilot project lies at the heart of the priority zone 1 and connects the roads parallel to the Rapti Highway on the either side and few roads connecting them. 

The roads serve the Sub-Metropolitan City Office and commercial and institutional land uses of the City Center.

Priority Zone 1 comprises the core city area of Tulsipur Sub-Metropolitan City. It covers an area of about 20 sq.km. bound over a perimeter of about 17 Km. The area extends about 2 Km to North, about 2.5 Km East and West, and about 3 Km South of Birendra Chowk. 

This area has a well-developed road network and built-up environment with many public, commercial and institutional buildings/parks. Linking these uses with cycle tracks and other supporting infrastructures will not only facilitate the present cycle uses but also support in generating additional demand in the future.

The project has further provided recommendations to the municipality to further invest in the neighborhood on sign boards, speed regulating mechanisms like medians, traffic lights and so on. 

Similarly, Priority Zones 2 and 3 should focus on continuity of the cycle network in the core and connect major trip attraction centers such as public parks, industrial areas, schools and educational institutions, health institutions, etc. in these zones.

The Cycle City Network is a green partner of Annapurna Media Network initiative climate action campaign, Unity for Sustainability.

Police have apprehended four persons on the charge of raping a 24-year-old woman in Boudha.

The detainees have been identified as Ritesh Tamang (24) of Kathmandu, Rinjen Sherpa (22) of Melamchi Municipality-2, Sindhupalchok, Uttam Lama (34) of Bagmati Municipality-4, Sarlahi, Dhilla Sherpa aka Angnima (34), operator of Lungta Guest House. 

Based on information that three persons have been absconding after raping a woman at the Boudha-based Lungta Guest House in Kathmandu-6 on Sunday, a police team deployed from the Metropolitan Police Circle, Boudha swung into action and rounded them from various places of Boudha. 

Police said that they are looking into the case.