{"id":303338,"date":"2026-06-13T17:54:35","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T12:09:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insurancekhabar.com\/?p=303338"},"modified":"2026-06-13T17:55:06","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T12:10:06","slug":"25-killed-395-injured-in-road-accidents-within-four-days-of-sudan-gurung-taking-charge-as-home-minister-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.insurancekhabar.com\/25-killed-395-injured-in-road-accidents-within-four-days-of-sudan-gurung-taking-charge-as-home-minister-2\/","title":{"rendered":"25 killed, 395 injured in road accidents within four days of Sudan Gurung taking charge as Home Minister"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kathmandu. The Nepal Police recently released an infographic on the seven days of road accidents that depicts the horrific and grim picture of road safety in Nepal. According to police statistics, dozens of people are killed and hundreds are mutilated in road accidents every day in different parts of the country. <\/p>\n<div id=\"model-response-message-contentr_7953b02de14e942f\" class=\"markdown markdown-main-panel enable-updated-hr-color\" dir=\"ltr\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<p>In the last seven days, 39 people lost their lives and 783 were injured in road accidents.TAG_OPEN_p_94 Likewise, 11 people lost their lives in a single day in Humla, Dhanusha, Kavre and Dolakha districts on Friday. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Home Minister Sudan Gurung took the oath of office for the second time in the last four days from June 9 to 25, killing 25 people in road accidents.TAG_OPEN_p_93 Of the 39 deaths in a week, more than 60 per cent have died in the last four days. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>According to Nepal Police, 783 people were injured in road accidents that took place in different places of the country from June 7 to June 10.TAG_OPEN_p_92 Of those, 395 or 50 per cent were injured in the last four days. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><h4 data-path-to-node=\"4\">Most Dangerous Highway in Asia: <\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<p><p id=\"p-rc_10b70d6b25058233-31\" data-path-to-node=\"5\">According to the latest report by the World Health Organization (<span class=\"citation-1196 citation-end-1196\">WHO)<\/span> and the Asian Transport Observatory, the rate of road accidents and human losses in Nepal is the highest and most worrisome in South Asia and the entire Asian region.TAG_OPEN_span_69 <\/span> The rate of death due to road accidents in Nepal is about 28.5 per 100,000 population. The WHO estimates <span class=\"citation-1196\">2<\/span><span class=\"citation-1196 citation-end-1196\">. This number is almost TAG_CLOSE_span_67 double the Asia-Pacific average (15.2) and South Asia&#8217;s average (16<span class=\"citation-1195 citation-end-1195\">.1). <\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p data-path-to-node=\"5\">While other Asian countries have been reducing road accidents, the death rate in Nepal increased by 13% between 2010 and 2021.TAG_OPEN_span_65 <\/span> Thus, technically and statistically, Nepal&#8217;s highways can be considered one of the most dangerous and dangerous roads in Asia.TAG_OPEN_span_64 <\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p id=\"p-rc_10b70d6b25058233-34\" data-path-to-node=\"9\"><span class=\"citation-1192 citation-end-1192\"> Accidents in Nepal are caused by a multifaceted cause: <\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<ul data-path-to-node=\"10\">\n<li>\n<p><p id=\"p-rc_10b70d6b25058233-35\" data-path-to-node=\"10,0,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"10,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"><span class=\"citation-1191\">Driver&#8217;s Negligence:<\/span>{<\/b><span class=\"citation-1191 citation-end-1191\"> About 70 to 90 percent of accidents are caused by the driver&#8217;s negligence. <\/span> <span class=\"citation-1190 citation-end-1190\">} include speeding, jumping, drunk driving, and fatigue of drivers driving under the influence of the same driver over long distances. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><p id=\"p-rc_10b70d6b25058233-35\" data-path-to-node=\"10,0,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"10,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"><span class=\"citation-1189\">Poor condition of roads:<\/span><\/b><span class=\"citation-1189 citation-end-1189\"> Many highways in Nepal are full of potholes, narrow and sharp turns. <\/span> <span class=\"citation-1188 citation-end-1188\">There is an extreme lack of necessary dividers, signage and night lights on the streets. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><p id=\"p-rc_10b70d6b25058233-35\" data-path-to-node=\"10,0,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"10,2,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"><span class=\"citation-1187\">Mechanical Faults:<\/span>{<\/b><span class=\"citation-1187 citation-end-1187\"> Older vehicles, weak brakes, overloading, and lack of regular checking and maintenance can cause vehicles to spiral out of control. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><p id=\"p-rc_10b70d6b25058233-38\" data-path-to-node=\"10,3,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"10,3,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"><span class=\"citation-1186\">Geographical Challenge: <\/span><\/b><span class=\"citation-1186 citation-end-1186\"> Nepal&#8217;s mountainous terrain is challenging in itself. <\/span> <span class=\"citation-1185 citation-end-1185\">Landslides during the rainy season, dense fog and fog in the winter cause low visibility, which increases the number of accidents. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><p data-path-to-node=\"12\">The reason behind the high number of deaths due to accidents in Nepal as compared to other South Asian countries is as follows: <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>}<\/p>\n<ul data-path-to-node=\"14\">\n<li>\n<p><p id=\"p-rc_10b70d6b25058233-39\" data-path-to-node=\"14,0,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"14,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"><span class=\"citation-1183\">lax law enforcement:<\/span><\/b><span class=\"citation-1183 citation-end-1183\"> Nepal has not implemented a strict national strategy on road safety and vehicle safety standards. <\/span> The lack of safety fences on highways also causes vehicles to fall directly off cliffs.TAG_OPEN_span_49 <\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li><b data-path-to-node=\"14,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"><span class=\"citation-1184\">Hilly geography and cliffs:<\/span><\/b><span class=\"citation-1184 citation-end-1184\"> Most highways in Nepal are built on hilly and steep terrain. <\/span> Vehicles lose control of the road, plunging 300 meters or 1 kilometer downhill into a ditch, reducing the chances of surviving an accident and killing many people on the spot. <\/li>\n<li>\n<p><p id=\"p-rc_10b70d6b25058233-41\" data-path-to-node=\"14,2,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"14,2,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"><span class=\"citation-1181\">Lack of immediate rescue:<\/span>{<\/b><span class=\"citation-1181 citation-end-1181\">} Nepal&#8217;s highways are not accessible immediately as compared to other countries. <\/span> <span class=\"citation-1180 citation-end-1180\">} Due to the delay in reaching the hospital, even the injured who are supposed to recover with normal treatment are compelled to die on the way. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><p id=\"p-rc_10b70d6b25058233-42\" data-path-to-node=\"14,3,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"14,3,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"><span class=\"citation-1179\">Mix of Nature of Vehicles:<\/span><\/b><span class=\"citation-1179 citation-end-1179\"> Nepal&#8217;s roads are compelled to ply on the same narrow lane, making two-wheelers and pedestrians most at risk There are. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Nepal Police&#8217;s statistics for the last seven days show that it is time for the government to act faster by declaring road safety a &#8216;national emergency&#8217;.TAG_OPEN_p_80 The Home Minister should pay attention to addressing such sensitive and serious problems rather than sweeping the ministry with a broom or raising a table in the park. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Recent accidents have made it clear that merely widening the road is not enough to stop road accidents.TAG_OPEN_p_79 Unless there is full compliance with traffic rules, safe infrastructure, and the development of an immediate rescue system, this genocide on Nepalese roads will not stop. Though he had taken the initiative to give instructions to the contractors while travelling on the Narayangadh-Butwal road section when he was the Home Minister for the first time, except for the road infrastructure, the remaining two issues are under the responsibility of Home Minister Sudan Gurung&#8217;s ministry. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kathmandu. The Nepal Police recently released an infographic on the seven days of road accidents that depicts the horrific and grim picture of road safety in Nepal. According to police statistics, dozens of people are killed and hundreds are mutilated in road accidents every day in different parts of the country. In the last seven [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":303335,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[45031,45159],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-303338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-banner-news-en","category-news-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/insurancekhabar.com\/ikbrapi\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/insurancekhabar.com\/ikbrapi\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/insurancekhabar.com\/ikbrapi\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insurancekhabar.com\/ikbrapi\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insurancekhabar.com\/ikbrapi\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=303338"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/insurancekhabar.com\/ikbrapi\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303338\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":303339,"href":"https:\/\/insurancekhabar.com\/ikbrapi\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303338\/revisions\/303339"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insurancekhabar.com\/ikbrapi\/wp\/v2\/media\/303335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/insurancekhabar.com\/ikbrapi\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=303338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insurancekhabar.com\/ikbrapi\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=303338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insurancekhabar.com\/ikbrapi\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=303338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}