Vehicle parking banned in New Road area from today

The Kathmandu Metropolitan City is to ban parking of vehicles on the roadside of the New Road area from today.

City Police Chief Rajunath Pandey said that the vehicles will be banned from parking on the roadside from Dharmapath, Juddhasalik to Indrachowk, Kichhapokhari, Mahaboudha and Bir Hospital areas.

According to him, arrangements have been made for free parking at the Kathmandu View Tower (then Old Bus Park) in Bagbazaar..

He said that 300 four-wheelers and 700 two-wheelers can be parked in the Kathmandu View Tower.

“We are planning to carry out a special cleaning campaign in those places by prohibiting vehicles from Parking from Tuesday,” he said, adding, “We are expecting that this will ease the movement of vehicles.”

Earlier, vehicles were prohibited from parking in Jhoche area.