Kathmandu, Jan 23: The traders and businesspersons of New Road area have protested the Kathmandu Metropolitan City’s ban on vehicle parking in the area.
The entrepreneurs in protest resorted to closing their shutters in the area after the KMC announced the area as ‘no parking area’. Earlier, vehicles were being parked at New Road area.
Chairperson of Nepal National Federation of Entrepreneurs, Kumar Karki, said entrepreneurs of New Road area are in problems after the KMC decided to remove parking in an unscientific manner.
“Ban on vehicle parking in the area has added more problems at a time when there is no good business.”
The KMC has removed vehicles parked at New Road area from today morning. Chief of KMC Police, Raju Nath Pandey, shared that the decision to ban vehicle parking at New Road area was taken to ease the movement of people and ease the crowd at the area.
He added they have made arrangement of free parking facility at Kathmandu Tower where 300 four-wheelers and 700 two-wheelers could be parked. The KMC carried out special cleanliness of parking prohibited area this morning.
